Volunteering in Uganda is a great opportunity to those wishing to make an impact through travel. Volunteering is an adventure with lots community learning experience together with the locals we serve. Volunteering in Uganda opens up your doors of love, adventure and community togetherness beyond self. Volunteering in Uganda is a platform that provides you with an opportunity to share your valued experience with the local communities with an aim of create a change and impacting on the development of local communities in Uganda.

FREDAfrica for years is committed to providing an experienced and planned volunteering opportunities to both local and international volunteers with an aim of empowering local leadership, volunteers and the communities in which we work. To empower sustainability of all local projects initiated and all human engagements.

WHAT EXPECTED IN OUR VOLUNTEERING PROGRAM

Volunteering with FREDAfrica is more that being a volunteer but a friend, a relative, a partner and a teacher where you exchange an experience with the locals mostly from hard to reach areas of Uganda. Expect that your knowledge experience shared will create a lasting impact in the lives of many Ugandans especially from the communities we serve. Getting fully involved in day to day activities with locals in Ugandan communities makes a lasting impact and promotes project ownership by the very communities.

Expect dances, singing, laughers, and times of joy during our local and community activities with the people we serve. Expect to be introduced to the beauty and complexity of Ugandan life. Building relationships with locals working hard to impact our communities. Ugandan communities expect to learn from international volunteers as well as showing off their own ideas, knowledge and traditions. In other words cultures are exchanged and appreciated in a true collaboration.

WHERE DO OUR VOLUNTEERS WORK

FREDAfrica has 8 local offices from hard to reach communities where volunteering efforts and work is more required. These communities include Islands and rural villages, where many locals need volunteer’s engagement for the development and self-owned initiatives. All our 8 offices have 5 bed guesthouse for the use of all our volunteers during orientation and local activities and weekends. These guest houses are within a private, compound, and has running water and western toilets. Local Ugandan food is served daily, and laundry is done from the guest houses.

We have a general office within Mukono town 20km from Kampala and 50km to Jinja where socializing with other volunteers meet for leisure from work.

FREDAfrica has dedicated community coordinators together with supervisors who work hand in hand with our village team leaders on projects identified by the locals. During work every one get involved in identification of the issues, planning, implementation and monitoring of all activities. All our activities are locally organized by our local village team members with the help of our coordinators and supervisors depending on the project.

WHAT DOES IT COST?

FREDAfrica is a non-profit organization. However, there are costs involved in hosting volunteers and in supporting our local communities.

There are some program charge fees that help cover the following

In country orientation

Airport pick-up

3 meals of Ugandan food per day

Secure accommodation

Use of main volunteers’ guest house within Mukono town

 Online support while you preparing

24 hours supervision

First night stay before placements to our local community guest house in the community where to volunteer.

Laundry services

The program fees DOES NOT cover for your airline tickets, visas, vaccinations, leisure activities drinking water or medical services. FREDAfrica is happy to help you during these arrangements on a request from our volunteers.

PROGRAM DURATION AND FEES.

1 Week            $500

2 Weeks          $650

3 Weeks           $750

4 Weeks           $850

6 Weeks           $1,050

8 Weeks           $1,250

10 Weeks          $ 1,650

12 Weeks          $ 1,850

Note: You will have to put a side at least $30-$40 to support basic life such as internet, water, treats like coffee and chocolate. FREDAfrica in partnership with local tour companies, we help you organize for wild safaris, white water rafting, at an affordable and negotiable fees. If interested please don’t hesitate to contact us for the best wildlife experience.