Childcare Volunteering Safari

14 days—Uganda Volunteer Travel Experience

$275-1075 USD

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Safari summary

Ssamba Foundation provides safe, affordable and a meaningful Uganda Volunteer Program. Your volunteer work through our Uganda childcare volunteering Safari project will provide the vulnerable children with the attention and mental stimulation that they need to develop healthy social skills and self-confidence.

Participating at our Uganda childcare volunteering safari project can make a large impact on both you and the children themselves. We recommend coming for four weeks or more if you are to make a great impact on the lives of these children. The voracious need these orphans have to seek and learn about any subject matter – sports, music, or farming – is both awe-inspiring and humbling.

Of course, it is not all hard work; volunteers will get an opportunity for fantastic wildlife safaris and to experience a region few tourists have reached. With its breathtaking location on the forested shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda offers unlimited opportunities for adventuring, volunteering, and traveling. This world famous safari destination surprises at every turn with its beautiful lakeshores, a century-old botanical garden alive with the chatter of acrobatic monkeys, friendly people, and colorful tropical birds.

About this tour

	Tour type	Custom, tailor-made, private
	Main focus	None
	Activity level	Moderate activity
	Best months	All months
	Countries	Uganda
	Parks	Lake Mburo Queen Elizabeth

Fine details

Safari highlights

Volunteer—culture, environment or wildlife

What’s included?

Accommodation
Airport transfers
Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

Alcoholic beverages
Hot air balloons
International flights
Laundry
Premium alcoholic beverages
Tips and gratuities
Visas

Itinerary

Arrival & Airport Pickup

Our team will arrange a pickup for you from the airport in Entebbe at agreed time and they will drive you to Mukono. Orientation and Placement will be done the next day.

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Orientation

On the second day, our Project Manager will give an orientation about the project you will be working on. You will be working with our childcare development department while learning about the culture and customs of the local Uganda people.

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Volunteer Work

Your main role as volunteers participating in our children support project is to bring some joy, hope to the lives of orphans and vulnerable children under this program and help local staff with the daily routines.

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Volunteer Work

As volunteers you will be caring for children and providing a safe and loving atmosphere for them to play and live in. You will be helping local staff with cooking, preparing food, dressing children, feeding them and keeping them busy.

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Volunteer Work

You will be free to tutor the children, organize arts and crafts or sports activities, and help out with basic chores such as folding laundry. This volunteer project can be quite emotional when you see poverty close but you will be able to help and you will be given full training and support when participating. You won't be alone either; there will be volunteers from all over the world helping too.

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Visit to Jinja

We offer this affordable and tailor-made 1 Day Jinja Tour Experience. This trip is suitable for groups or individuals and may include white water rafting on the River Nile. On this Jinja tour, see where the Nile River starts its 4000-mile journey to the Mediterranean Sea, see Mabira forest, the source of the Nile, Bujagali falls, and Sezibwa falls.

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White Water Rafting

The best and most adventurous fun-filled activities in Uganda are all by the Nile in Jinja, East of Kampala and the Uganda Bungee Jumping Experience, White Water Rafting, Ziplining etc are among them. Book and experience these adventurous activities like never before with Wanderlust Adventures.

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Volunteer Work

Make the most of this opportunity by bringing about a positive change in the lives of the disadvantaged children; by providing them the love, care, and affection that they deserve. You will need to have a positive attitude and be able to create a fun environment for the children to live in. You could be just generally assisting with daily tasks, or even coming up with ideas like language lessons, music or leading sports activities.

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Volunteer Work

You will be required to be fun, very patience and be able to be creative planning a weekly schedule for the children keeping them busy and occupied. Most of the kids at this children's centre are in the age group of 3 – 12 years, and they belong to a very compromised background, such that they often don't get the basic requirements as well.

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Volunteer Work

This project will not only give you an opportunity of working with children, but it'll also get you closer to the local culture and lifestyle. You'll be interacting with the local staff at the center, and look deeper into the problems that persist in the developing society. Some of the children and locals might not speak English but you will be able to help them and you might even pick up some of the local language.

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Lake Mburo Safari

This safari will take you to Lake Mburo National park which is among Uganda’s smallest National Parks; the park has variety of wildlife species including the Impalas, topis, oribis, the defassa water buck, bush bucks, the common duikers, zebras, bofor reed buck, giraffes, kobs, antelopes, birds and many more. Being a home to 5 lakes, these lakes act as habitats to many animal species especially the crocodiles and hippos and other animals are always found at the shores as well as birds.

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Queen Elizabeth Safari

Queen Elizabeth National Park is described by many as the most beautiful park in Africa. Set in the west of the Great African rift valley, and bordered by the Rwenzori Mountains (the legendary mist-capped ‘Mountains of the male lion on rock). Queen Elizabeth incorporates dozens of mirror surfaced crater-lakes, salty and fresh water lakes.

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Queen Elizabeth National Park

After an early Breakfast we'll go for a morning game drive in the Park. Expect to see the famous Big Five; Elephant, Buffalos, Lions, Bush bucks, Kobs, Giant forest hog, Hyenas and Waterbucks. In the afternoon we'll take a launch cruise along the amazing Kazinga channel and you will appreciate the scores of Hippos, Buffalos, and Crocodiles close to the waterside as well as the rare Leopard prowling. There is a variety of bird species especially the famous Shoebill, pelican and Jacana.

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Queen Elizabeth - to Kampala

After breakfast, you can either proceed to Kyambura Gorge for Chimp tracking or visit the bat cave or the blue lake, later drive back to Kampala arriving early evening.

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