Uganda Empowers (UGA-70)

Type: Human Rights: Advocacy - Country: Uganda

Brief description and main aims

Uganda Empowers is a rural charity, founded in 2010 by Matsiko Johnbosco, an HIV/AIDS counselor, and other concerned local activists for the most disadvantaged children and women.

The charity runs prevention activities and provides care for people infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS, especially vulnerable children and women. Our goal is to build a community where individuals infected or affected by HIV/AIDS can have positive dreams about the future.

Main Activities

Uganda Empowers envisions an HIV-free world where no stigma is associated with HIV/AIDS. Our objectives are the following:

• Fight the spread of HIV and support individuals infected or affected by HIV/AIDS
• Empower orphans and other vulnerable children 
• Develop a sustainable livelihood thorugh (career) development and conservation of environment via renewable energy promotion
• Empower women
• Community development

Volunteer tasks

• Carry out HIV screening (with the guidance or supervision of our lab technicians)
• Community mobilization and approaching local community leaders for support
• Educational drama performances
• Counseling individuals or couples
• Joining the nurses and counselors in home visiting programs
• Working in public drug distribution clinics to support clinicians to provide AIDS therapy
• Mobilizing funds for Uganda Empowers by writing grant proposals or documentaries
• Helping arrange and collect data during community outreach or on clinic days

Volunteer requirements / Skills

The project accpets volunteers who are at least 18 years old.

Hosting Situation (Board and Lodging)

The volunteer will live with a host family and has an own room. The common spaces are shared with all family members.