Community Development Volunteer Program

Ssamba Foundation is focusing on educational empowerment for vulnerable rural communities and foster positive cross-cultural awareness through sustainable community development volunteer program. The community development volunteer program is designed to engage in a number of community projects like conservation, education, classroom construction and sports development with a focus on immersing the volunteers into the culture.

Community development volunteer program allows volunteers live and become immersed into Uganda’s rural villages and share their skills, experience and also learn from the local members about traditional rituals and daily routines. As a community development volunteer, you will gain an amazing life experience from your participation in our Uganda volunteer program. On first arrival, most volunteers sample all the projects before selecting the tasks that suit them best.

Each village outreach provides a totally different experience, but main activities involve working with local children, youth, women and elderly. You can decide if you want to teach nursery, primary, secondary, and vocational education or if you want to be involved in a more free form work arrangement.

Project Introduction

Volunteers joining our community development volunteer program have the opportunity to try different roles and projects, dependent on your interests and skills. These volunteer opportunities do not require specialized skills (although these would be an advantage), and we accept volunteers for both short and long-term placements, all the year round.

The first few days of your volunteer placement will be orientation and adjusting to Ugandan life. After this initial period, your volunteer work will begin. The type of work you are involved with will be dependent on your interests, abilities, level of experience as well as your comfort levels.

One of the advantages of Ssamba Foundation’s community development volunteer program is that you are not limited to one job role and will have the opportunity to ‘sample’ other roles during your volunteer placement. To become involved in another projects simply inform a member of staff who will happily make any necessary arrangements.