Volunteering in Uganda
Work alongside 35+ dedicated local professional clinicians, outreach workers, interns and volunteers in FIMRC health center to address prevalent issues including malaria, HIV, tuberculosis, and maternal and child health.Â
Your Schedule
The following is a sample itinerary of a one-week volunteer mission with Project Bududa. This itinerary has been made to provide a clear, general impression of the way volunteer time is spent. To ensure that a volunteer's work has the greatest, most relevant impact on the clinic and community, volunteer schedules are established upon a volunteer's arrival at the clinic.
Logistics
Accommodation
Volunteers are housed at the Zaale family homestay in Bududa District, located about 1.5 hours away from the nearest town of Mbale, and a 15-minute drive to the FIMRC project site. Volunteers are provided rooms with comfortable beds, mosquito nets, western-style flush toilets and cold showers. There is also a comfortable communal sitting area with clean bottled water, tea and coffee, where breakfast and dinner are served every day.
Transportation
Pickups and dropoffs from and to Entebbe Airport will be handled by FIMRC's team of longtime drivers, who, depending on group size, will drive a sedan or a minibus.
Once onsite in Bududa District, FIMRC also arranges transport between the homestay and clinic site during each volunteering day, via public minibus or motorcycle taxi.
MealsÂ
Breakfast and dinner are served at the homestay, and tea and lunch are served at the clinic. Typical meals are simple, filling and nutritious vegetarian meals: a carb (posho, matoke, or rice) accompanied by beans and a vegetable. Meat (beef) is served once a week at the clinic. Tea consists of coffee/tea with a chapati. Volunteers with special dietary needs are able to indicate all requests upon enrolling in the volunteer program.
Trip Cost
The cost of your program includes the program donation that supports our project sites as well as housing, food, travel insurance & transportation once in country. Transportation includes airport pick up/drop off and transportation to/from the project site during volunteer days. For flights arriving/departing outside of these days, airport transportation is not covered in the trip costs and are the responsibility of the volunteer. Trips for non-volunteer related activities as well as the associated costs are also not included in the trip cost and are the responsibility of the volunteer.
By arranging lodging, food, and transport for you, we enable you to safely experience the local culture and focus your energy on the work you will be doing in the community!Â
The following cost structure reflects individual participation in the Global Health Volunteer Program at Project Bududa:
- Week-long price (Sunday to Saturday): $2450 for one week, including $250 deposit due within 2 weeks of enrolling to secure your spot.
- Substantial discounts are available for groups (2+), chapters, long-term (2+ weeks) volunteers and for traveling during non-peak times. Feel free to ask!
For long-term volunteer experiences, contact missions@fimrc.org.
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"I had an amazing experience as a volunteer! I felt like on site I was able to participate in any activities that I wanted to and this really made my experience so good and customizable."
- Elizabeth P.
"I spent...time doing consultations with the providers, sharing information and discussing how to optimize care in this context. I was fortunate to do several CME sessions for staff and participate in a patient education day."
- Dr. Daniel Griffin
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