This is a great opportunity to learn about the challenges Ugandan children face getting an education while learning about organic farming. Join us this summer in Uganda!
Global Village Connect – Somebody You Know
Check out our projects in Uganda
Eight acres of maize, beans, collard greens, eggplant, amaranth, tomatoes, banana trees and pineapple plants are now growing at Buyanga Primary School. Nine hundred students are now eating lunch with more signing up for school each week due to free lunches.
We now have two school farms feeding lunch to more than 1,600 kids, thanks to the many volunteers who helped make this a reality.
Started in 2012 by a teen from Minnesota for his peers in Uganda. The Give a Goat program provides a source of income for kids who have lost their parents or whose families cannot afford to feed or educate their children. It enables students in the U.S. to take a leadership role and spread awareness of the issue as well as raising money for students in need.
More than 450 goats have been delivered to kids in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The impact has grown through the offspring and there are now 3,500 goats and 900 children who can pay their school fees.
Get your students in the business… and travel to meet your appreciative customers!
Highlights
- Work alongside Ugandan
students on the organic school farm. - Gather data measuring the impact of the Give a Goat project in two nearby
communites. - Document stories via photos and photo and video with goat recipients and students benefiting from the organic farm lunch programs in
Buyanga and Buppala
Primary Schools. - Learn to make hand crafted jewelry with the women of Namatumba
- Enjoy a 3 day wildlife safari where you’ll see elephant,
lions, kob, baboons and much more. - Immerse yourself in local Ugandan culture.
Sample Itinerary: 14 days
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1-2 |
Travel to Uganda, overnight in Entebbe |
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3 |
Meet the students and community Buyanga & Buppala Primary Schools, drive to our hotel in Iganga, meet the students and tour the village |
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4 |
Full day service work Spend the day collecting stories, taking photos and videos with Global Village Connect recipients in their homes and communities |
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5 |
Full day service work Buyanga Primary School, Namatumba Women’s Group, planting and working alongside students in their organic farm, spend the afternoon with Namutumba Women’s group making crafts |
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6 |
Full day service work Buyanga Primary School, help students with letter writing for their pen pals, afternoon soccer game and netball |
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7 |
Full day service work Buyanga Primary School, finish up documentation project, goat giving in the afternoon and celebration |
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8 |
Hike Sipi Falls, visit a local coffee farmer and learn to roast coffee |
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9 |
Drive to Kampala, traditional dinner and dance show |
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10-13 |
Wildlife safari, Murchison Falls, morning and afternoon game drives, wildlife boat cruise |
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14 |
Arrive US |
I fallen so in love with this country and all the people we’ve encountered. I am so grateful to you for showing this amazing place to us and organizing everything so well,
My favorite part of the trip was the village and developing a close relationship with the kids. Their love and hope is so inspiring.
Thank you again for taking care of us!
-Hannah Worrell
Contact us for more information about our summer trip or to learn more about opportunities for your group!
