Volunteering
ACTIVITIES

Volunteering in
UGANDA

Hosting Organization : VC Uganda

Who we are:

• VC Uganda was established in 2013 as a branch office of VC Dublin which is a sustainable development, humanitarian & volunteer organization working with over 30 partners around the world by engaging & resourcing volunteer expertise & other Technical services since 1960.

• In the recent past, VC Uganda has worked with over 13 partners in the East African region alone i.e. Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda & South Sudan engaging over 20 international volunteers to work alongside the local teams while building the local capacities in the region.

• We are a Quality Label approved hosting organization under the EU ESC volunteering initiative.

Aim:

• Work with our partner organizations in the field to improve lives of people by improving access to basic services.

Objective:

• Increase access to VC in-field technical support to VC partners in the region as a contribution towards local capacity building in the development & humanitarian sector.

Challenges

Hygiene

Poor management of menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls resulting in school absenteeism.
Inadequate personal hygiene and sanitation facilities

Water

Unequal access to safe drinking water which makes thousands of children very sick and at risk of death

Environment

Climate change due to consuming biomass energy resources and constraints of socio-economic transformation

Education

Insufficient capacity of schools to provide clean, safe and suitable learning environment, which threatens children’s lives.
Inadequate access to ICT and technology due to poor infrastructure and low levels of Internet penetration.

Health

High rates of chronic malnutrition, especially, of children and elderly and micronutrient deficiencies,

Social

Poverty of households to access the minimum requirements such as nutrition, health, literacy and lack of social and economic support,
Drug addiction of children and young people due to domestic violence, peer pressure and household poverty,