Uganda Volunteer Placements Location
Ssamba Foundations hosts volunteers in various schools and community programs in Mukono District. Below you will find a brief introduction to our Mukono district. We are privileged to work in some of...
Reaching Out to the Most Vulnerable Communities
When the Ssamba Foundation opened its doors to the community of Kyampisi sub-county, Mukono District, we talked to the community members about what they thought were the issues that affected their lives...
Internships at the Ssamba Foundation
Duration Ssamba Foundation offers students and graduates the possibility of doing an internship for a period of two to three months. In exceptional cases, the duration of the internship may be shortened or...
Best Uganda Volunteer Program
Volunteering in Uganda is a stimulating and provoking experience. Ssamba Foundation’s Uganda volunteer program enables you to absorb the fascinating Ugandan culture whilst sharing your knowledge and skills with the host communities....
Farm Work Volunteer Trip Uganda
At Ssamba Foundation through our farm work volunteer trip Uganda, we love hosting volunteers to live-in and work with us on our community demonstration gardens. We have had many volunteers come and...
Volunteering in Uganda Program
Volunteering in Uganda Program! At Ssamba Foundation, all of our projects have been formulated by our team, to give our self funding volunteers the most meaningful of experiences when they join our...
Volunteering Opportunities in Mukono Uganda
Volunteering Opportunities in Mukono Uganda! Ssamba Foundation recruits and hosts volunteers within our projects in Mukono, Uganda. Through our Uganda volunteer Program, we aim to build the capacities of local projects and...
Archbishop Janani Luwum Day
Janani Luwum was the third Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Burundi and Zaire. He was born in 1922, converted to Christianity in 1948 and became a priest in 1951 before he...
International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a United Nations-sponsored annual awareness day that takes place on February 6 as part of the UN’s efforts to eradicate female...
World Cancer Day
Cancer has impacted either of us in one way or the other and February 4 was created as a World Cancer Day to raise awareness about prevention, detection and treatment. Cancer is...
World Wetlands Day
World Wetlands Day recognizes and celebrates the importance of wetlands to the world and the diversity of life they support. It is observed on February 2 since it is the date when...
The World Interfaith Harmony Week
The United Nations General Assembly made a resolution that seeks a worldwide celebration of various faiths through the Interfaith Harmony Week which runs from February 1 to 7. Its goal is to...
LIMA Project – Empowering Rural Farmers
LIMA project empowers rural farmers of Uganda by providing them with improved seeds, farm inputs, training on modern farming techniques and provides a market for the sale of their farm produce. This...
Schools Kitchen Gardens Project
Ssamba Foundation’s schools kitchen gardens project supports schools to improve their health and wellbeing through edible gardening and healthy eating activities. Schools kitchen gardens are a wonderful way to use the school...
Why We love Community Based Tourism
Community-based tourism is a type of tourism where local communities invite tourists into their communities, giving them insight into their culture, attractions and daily lives. It is a form of sustainable tourism...
Build A Borehole Program
Kyampisi Subcounty is situated in Mukono District 27 km north of Mukono town which lies at the main road from Mukono to Kayunga district. The Subcounty inhabitants exclusively live on subsistence farming....
2021, what a year it has been!!
Several international and local volunteers have worked with us and contributed tremendously to our projects. Countless lives have been changed and countless memories have been made. We have overcome many challenges, each...
Ssamba Foundation Achievements Since 2006-2021
Ssamba Foundation was founded in 2006 by then a 19 year Isaac Ssamba, our Chairman and CEO who wanted to help improve the living conditions of needy people in rural Uganda. He...
A typical day for a volunteer at Ssamba Foundation
8.00 Latest Rise and shower 8.30 Breakfast 9.00 Setting off to field work/Office work starts Help with office work, programming, grants and donation research, volunteer search and program awareness and sharing...
Ssamba Foundation Building Homes for Needy Elderly
Ssamba Foundation, a community based development organization in Mukono district is helping needy elderly members of the society by building homes for them through our Elderly Support Program. You can make a...
American Restaurateur Joins Ssamba Foundation
Miranda an American restaurant entrepreneur has joined Ssamba Foundation as a volunteer on her trip to Uganda, where she will facilitate various community development programs meant to empower and uplift the rural...
Ssamba Foundation Launches Covid-19 Food Relief Campaign
Ssamba Foundation has launched a Covid-19 Food Relief campaign to ensure that nobody in the Kyampisi Subcounty goes hungry during the Coronavirus crisis and this second lockdown. Currently, over 6,000 adults and...
Why I am Addicted To Roadtrips
Road Trips Make Me Lose My Mind (in a good way). There’s something about the idea of a road trip that makes many people, including myself, go nuts from intense excitement. Just...
Kibibi! Town With No Lodge or Hotel
Kibibi Town, one of the major business centers in Butambala district is so far the only town I have been to in Uganda without accommodation facilities for travelers (no lodge, no hotel) just nothing!!!...
Getting To and Around The West Nile (Arua/Yumbe)
There are so many options in which you can get to the west Nile. Pakwach Bridge is the main gateway to West Nile sub-region and beyond, with alternative routes being through Adjumani...
Falling in Love with Western Uganda
My very first trip to western Uganda 10 years ago led me to this humble woman’s home in Bushenyi. “Maama Afrika” (as she is popularly known) hosted us, slaughtered a goat for...
Waking Up in the Wild
Rwonyo Guesthouse Lake Mburo: Waking up in the wild is something extra ordinary and beautiful. Sounds of wild animals, birds singing and seeing the local residents going on about their way of...
Ssamba Foundation launches new website!
Ssamba Foundation has launched its new website – https://ssamba.org/ and we are excited to present its new look. Our new website provides a clear message about who we are, what we stand...