Uganda
Placement options: Gap Year Teams (5.5 months), Summer Team
**Please note, these Teams are provisional, as we are currently advertising for a new Teams & Placements Co-ordinator for Uganda**
Summer 2010
Dates: 24th July - 7th August 2010
Training dates: 22nd - 24th July 2010
Minimum age: 18+
Cost: £1800
Application deadline: 31st May 2010
Summer teams help with a building project, as well as running holiday camps for vulnerable children, usually from the Oasis Uganda Bambejja project. These teams stay in simple guesthouse accommodation in Kampala.
September 2010
Dates: early October 2010 - mid March 2011
Training dates: 14th - 18th September 2010
Minimum age: 18+
Cost: £4250
Application deadline: 31st July 2010
More details
Gap Year Teams are placed with local churches and Christian organisations within 2 hours of Kampala, and are involved in a variety of work supporting the church and local community. The kinds of activities the teams are involved in include running kids clubs, leading youth discipleship courses at schools, leading evangelistic assembly presentations, teaching, praying with those affected by HIV/AIDS, leading gospel presentations in prisons and teaching conversational English classes.
There are also SOME opportunities to help at specific Oasis Uganda projects, such as the Bambejja community project, but this is NOT the focus of the placement for 5-month Teams.
Where you will live: Teams live in simple rented accommodation arranged through their church placement. As the placements are in rural areas, you will need to be prepared for boiling your own water, using basic showers, and pit latrines.
Naomi Bloice-Smith went on a 5-month Team to Uganda:
"The family who cared for us in Uganda were true witnesses of Christ's love -they practically adopted us into their family and loved us!"
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