Our Lady of Guadalupe Primary and Secondary School Gombe (UGA-73)

Type: Education: Primary school, Education: Secondary School - Country: Uganda

Brief description and main aims

Our Lady of Guadalupe Primary and Secondary School Gombe is a community school set up by the Catholic Church in the area to help educate the vulnerable children living in this poor community. It's located in central Uganda but in a rural area.

The school has new school structures/buildings and other new developments are on-going. Currently, there are 300 students, 15 teaching staff members and 3 co-workers. The area where the school is located comprises of 60% Muslims, 30% Catholics and others. The Catholic Church has a big land with a church and hence the desire to start a Christian based school in the area to cater for the minority Christians in the community. There is peace and harmony among the community in this area. The biggest percentage of the people in the community are rural farmers and depend on this for survival. 

Volunteer tasks

Volunteer's tasks include:

• Helping out teachers in class
• Conducting games and sports together with teachers in charge
• Helping out with environmental conservation, planting more trees and caring for them
• Engaging in community awareness programs
• Start a basic German language program for the children

The volunteer will also have to interswitch activities between the 2 sister schools i.e. the primary section and secondary school section.

Volunteer requirements / Skills

The volunteer should:

• Be motivated to work in a school 
• Interested to live in an African rural area
• Be between 18-30 years of age or even older
• Be a good communicator in English
• Be social as village people are very friendly
• Be very hard-working, creative and open-minded
• Love to work with children

Location

The school is located 50 km from Kampala.

Hosting Situation (Board and Lodging)

The project is ready to host a volunteer in a self-contained room outside the project, around 15 minutes walking from/to the project. The accommodation is safe and secure.