Volunteering and Helping in Uganda
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**THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED! I HAVE STOPPED ACCEPTING DONATIONS AT THIS TIME BUT HAVE DISTRIBUTED ALL THE FUNDS RAISED TO THE ORGANIZATIONS LISTED BELOW. **
When I started out on my travel journey, I had the simple idea that I wanted to volunteer along the way. This wasn't a particularly noble idea; to be honest it was really quite a selfish one. Partially it was to wash away some of the guilt for not being a person who volunteers in my own community, and also because I wanted to see how it affected me. Combining travel and volunteering was something that has always intrigued me.
After having volunteered 5 of the 18 weeks I have been traveling, I can tell you that the impact of the experiences is deep and lasting.
Awareness
Volunteering abroad really hits home just how many people in the world don’t have easy access to water, food, electricity, education and basic healthcare. Or maybe not even easy access. Maybe not any access. It’s a concept that I am currently seeing first hand, and I still can’t wrap my head around it. Thirty minutes by motorcycle from where I am writing this, are villages that people have to walk 2 miles ONE WAY to get water. There is no electricity in their homes. For the women in the center I am working with, there are NO SCHOOLS, none, government or private, that are close enough for their kids to walk to on a daily basis. And even if there were, they would cost too much because the women don’t even have enough money for food. They get paid $8 a MONTH to cut sugar cane. Is this everyone? No, but it shouldn’t be anyone.
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I am looking to raise $1500 to go toward the NGOs that I am working with here in Uganda. The Real Uganda does a lot of the marketing that gets international volunteers like myself, and supports chosen organizations to help them grow and become more sustainable.
Hopeline Organization is the organization I have been assigned to, and am currently living the with Director's family and helping out on various projects. Their focus is to empower abandoned women and children both economically and socially, giving them hope to dream again. That includes creating income generating programs for women, and creating a school in a village where there was none.
Free the Girls Uganda is an organization that has a bra store in Kampala and employs women who are victims of sex trafficking. I worked with them on bra fit training, merchandising suggestions and furthering education.
Please take the time to click on their links to see what they are doing and what they have accomplished. They are doing remarkable things that really make a difference in people's lives.
I will be in Uganda until December 13th. Whatever funds come prior to then I will dispurse before my departure. The benefit of getting the funds quickly is it is one less round of wire transfer fees that needs to be paid. But anything that comes after I leave will still be much appreciated and I will transfer.
Thank you so much for your contribution! As the season of giving is upon us, know that your money can go far, and make a difference.
When I started out on my travel journey, I had the simple idea that I wanted to volunteer along the way. This wasn't a particularly noble idea; to be honest it was really quite a selfish one. Partially it was to wash away some of the guilt for not being a person who volunteers in my own community, and also because I wanted to see how it affected me. Combining travel and volunteering was something that has always intrigued me.
After having volunteered 5 of the 18 weeks I have been traveling, I can tell you that the impact of the experiences is deep and lasting.
Awareness
Volunteering abroad really hits home just how many people in the world don’t have easy access to water, food, electricity, education and basic healthcare. Or maybe not even easy access. Maybe not any access. It’s a concept that I am currently seeing first hand, and I still can’t wrap my head around it. Thirty minutes by motorcycle from where I am writing this, are villages that people have to walk 2 miles ONE WAY to get water. There is no electricity in their homes. For the women in the center I am working with, there are NO SCHOOLS, none, government or private, that are close enough for their kids to walk to on a daily basis. And even if there were, they would cost too much because the women don’t even have enough money for food. They get paid $8 a MONTH to cut sugar cane. Is this everyone? No, but it shouldn’t be anyone.
Donate
I am looking to raise $1500 to go toward the NGOs that I am working with here in Uganda. The Real Uganda does a lot of the marketing that gets international volunteers like myself, and supports chosen organizations to help them grow and become more sustainable.
Hopeline Organization is the organization I have been assigned to, and am currently living the with Director's family and helping out on various projects. Their focus is to empower abandoned women and children both economically and socially, giving them hope to dream again. That includes creating income generating programs for women, and creating a school in a village where there was none.
Free the Girls Uganda is an organization that has a bra store in Kampala and employs women who are victims of sex trafficking. I worked with them on bra fit training, merchandising suggestions and furthering education.
Please take the time to click on their links to see what they are doing and what they have accomplished. They are doing remarkable things that really make a difference in people's lives.
I will be in Uganda until December 13th. Whatever funds come prior to then I will dispurse before my departure. The benefit of getting the funds quickly is it is one less round of wire transfer fees that needs to be paid. But anything that comes after I leave will still be much appreciated and I will transfer.
Thank you so much for your contribution! As the season of giving is upon us, know that your money can go far, and make a difference.
Organiser
Janelle Kenny
Organiser
Denver, CO
