This document provides information about a volunteer project in Uganda run by the charity Little Big Africa. The project aims to address water and sanitation issues by building a water tank, protecting a water source, teaching WASH practices in local schools and communities, and training communities to build fuel-efficient stoves. Volunteers will spend 7 weeks in Uganda, with the first 8 days in training. The total cost for 12 volunteers is approximately £9,200, with each volunteer expected to individually fundraise £380 and contribute to the group fundraising of the other half.
2. Uganda!
• Uganda is known as the Pearl of Africa
• It prides itself on being a welcoming and
friendly country.
• It is located in the East of Africa
• It has a population of approximately 39
million people.
3. Project Background
• In Uganda, water and sanitation related diseases are the top
killer with a lack of clean water causing nearly 50% of the
diseases
• 11.5% of Ugandan children dying before the age of 5 because
of diarrhea related diseases
• Only 65% of Ugandans have access to clean, safe drinking
water.
• 92% of Uganda’s energy consumption is derived from trees
such as firewood with only 3% of Uganda’s land left under
natural forest cover, this poses a great threat
4. • Little Big Africa is a small charity based in
Uganda.
• It works with British and American University
volunteers to improve sanitation and promote
the use of natural resources in the Eastern
region of the country.
• This is the sixth year that SVA will be working
with LBA
5. Project Information
• We are looking for 12 volunteers to go out to
Uganda
• The project will run for 7 weeks, with the first 8
days spent training with LBA
• You will meet with the NGO two or three times
during placement to ensure that the project is
going well
• After debrief with LBA, volunteers will be given
the opportunity to go white water rafting on the
River Nile and go on a three day safari!
8. Project Aims
1. Build a water tank
2. Protect a water source
3. Teach W.A.S.H in the local primary school
and in the local community
4. Promote and train the community in building
fuel efficient stoves
13. 3. Promote W.A.S.H in the local primary
school and in the local community
15. 4. Promote and train the community in building
fuel efficient stoves
24. Project costs
• For a group of 12 approximately £9200 will need to be raised
• Half of this will be done individually meaning each volunteer will be
expected to raise approximately £380
• The other half will be raised as a group
• This will include your food and accommodation whilst in training and on
placement and some of your transport
• Volunteers must fund their own flights, insurance, vaccinations and
visas.
• An approximation of what volunteers spent last year:
• Visa - $50
• Flights – approx. £500/£600
• Insurance – approx. £100
• Vaccinations – between £250 and £300
• Safari and rafting after project – approx. £300
• Spending money, this will depend on you as a person and what you want
to spend last year between approx. £300 and £600