Uganda
Placement options: Gap Year Teams (4.5 months), Focus teams November 2010 & August 2011 (2 weeks)
Gap Year Teams - April 2011 only
Dates: early April - end Augst 2011
Training dates: 23rd - 26th March 2011
Minimum age: 18+
Cost: £4100 - new cost for April 2011
Application deadline: 31st Dec 2010
Focus Teams - November 2010 and August 2011
Dates: 13th - 27th November 2010
Training dates: 29th October 2010
Minimum age: 18+
Cost: £1800 - 2 week team
Application deadline: 30th September 2010
Dates: 13th- 27th August 2011
Training dates: 21st - 23rd July 2011
Minimum age: 18+
Cost: £1800 - 2 week team
Application deadline: 31st May 2011
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.
Focus Teams DO spend their time at Oasis Uganda projects. The November team will help with building and renovation work, and the August team will help to run holiday clubs for the girls at Oasis Uganda's projects during their school holidays.
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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