from 585€

Excellent 4.8rating (9)

Construction of a Fish Pond

location
3 - 5 weeks  ·  Age 18 - 50+

rating  Excellent 4.8  · 
  Verified by Volunteer World
  Moderate response rate

Highlights

  • Experience the Ugandan way of life and enjoy evening walks everyday through a typical rural area.
  • Gain Ugandan fluency by living with a host family and daily life with locals in a typical rural based area with local cultural beliefs and practices.
  • Become more passionate about your major and propel your career with international experience.
  • Make memories you will never forget during excursions with your fellow participants
  • Visit different cultural and natural resources and wild life centers and tourists attractions during your free time and weekends.

Especially good for

Age 18+
Singles
Couples
Families
Groups
50+

About the program

This will need multiple volunteers to work with the local community to dig a fish pond in our community using local tools.

The program is mainly about physical participation of the volunteers to work with the local community to dig the fish pond using hand tools like the mattock, spade, hoe, wheel barrow, jerrycans.We are trying to solve the problem of poor feeding in the community by establishing a fish pond that will ...

About the program

The program is mainly about physical participation of the volunteers to work with the local community to dig the fish pond using hand tools like the mattock, spade, hoe, wheel barrow, jerrycans.We are trying to solve the problem of poor feeding in the community by establishing a fish pond that will be used to rear fish for our area. Currently a kilogram of fish from the natural lakes is about 20,000 Uganda shillings which is very costly for a peasant farmer like our people. The program needs multiple volunteers to come and join us to do the work.Program fees will be used for airport pickup and drop back, feeding and accommodation.50% of the fees will be used to buy the construction materials and buying the fish fillets that will be used to start the project. Still, part of the fees will be used to buy the fish supplements.


Typical day

The day starts with breakfast served between 08:00 -09:00 am.From 09-11:30 it’s time for working.11:30-12:00 noon is break time.From 12:00 to 13:00 hours it’s time of work.13:00-14:00 is lunch time.From 14:00 to 16 :00 it’s time for working.From 16:00 to 18:00 its free time for country walk or ...

Typical day

The day starts with breakfast served between 08:00 -09:00 am.From 09-11:30 it’s time for working.11:30-12:00 noon is break time.From 12:00 to 13:00 hours it’s time of work.13:00-14:00 is lunch time.From 14:00 to 16 :00 it’s time for working.From 16:00 to 18:00 its free time for country walk or sports time.From 18:00 to 20:00 its leisure time ,bathing time.From 20:00 to 22:00 its dinner time.


Free-time activities

Volunteers are free to go for tours and excursions during their free time on weekends and public holidays in the country.

Free-time activities

Volunteers are free to go for tours and excursions during their free time on weekends and public holidays in the country.


Requirements

Requirements

Minimum Age: 18 years

In order to join the program you need to be at least 18 years old on the program start date. There might be exemptions if you can provide the permission of your legal guardian(s) or if your are accompanied by your parents.

Language Skills

You need to speak English (basic level) or English (basic level)

Education Requirements

Construction and building at Basic education level level

Required Documents

CV, motivation letter, current photo, copy of their passport and copy of their covid 19 vaccination certificate.

Nationality Restrictions

No restrictions. Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.

Other Skills

There is no much experience needed but the willingness to serve and share your knowledge with us.

Time Commitment

Your helping hand will be required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 09:00 - 16:00

What's Included

What's Included

Services by MACERUDET Uganda Volunteers

Program fees will be used for airport pickup and drop back, feeding and accommodation. 50% of the fees will be used to buy the tools for digging the pond, and also buying the needed fish pallets and feeding supplements.

Airport Pickup at Entebbe International Airport

Airport pickup is made for the volunteers on arrival. However, we need their travel program before arrival so that we can know their time and date of arrival. Volunteers that arrive very late at night are advised to stay in a hotel or guest house house at their expense.

Accommodation

Volunteers are accommodated with host families so that they can learn our social cultural beliefs and practices from the family members.

Food & Beverages

We serve our local food with our local sauce and fruits.

Internet Access

Good access at the project site

What's NOT included?

What's NOT included?

Flight Tickets

The nearest airport is Entebbe International Airport (EBB) in Entebbe. We assist you to find cheap flights to Uganda. FIND CHEAP FLIGHTS

Travel Insurance

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Vaccines

If you are intending to volunteer in Uganda you should seek medical advice before starting your social journey. Check your required vaccinations for Uganda. VACCINE CHECKER

Details on arrival

The arrival dates are flexible.volunteers are free to join the program anytime that they feel like coming.However,volunteers should communicate to us their time and dates of arrival so that we can go to pick them up.We also need to know the plane that they will use and any unique feutures that we shall use to identify them on arrival.

Availability
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Program fees

3 weeks (min. stay) 585€
4 weeks 780€
5 weeks (max. stay) 975€
Average fees 195€/week

Program fees

195€ per week 3 - 5 weeks Age 18 - 50+

Payment methods

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NO CREDIT CARD FEES


Duration

3 - 5 weeks

Deposit

The deposit is simply to reserve your volunteer placement. Payments are handled by PayPal, our trusted global payment provider. If you don't have a PayPal account, you can also pay using a credit card.


Final Payment

Your final payment will be agreed with MACERUDET Uganda Volunteers during the application process. Common solutions are either via bank transfer or a cash payment at the project site.


Meet your organization

MACERUDET Uganda Volunteers

Excellent 4.8 rating (9 reviews)

Non-profit - founded in 1990

Verified by Volunteer World

  Moderate response rate

Coordinated by

Mulindwa

Spoken languages: English

About the project

MACERUDET Uganda accepts a variety of volunteers all the year including students,active professionals mainly teachers , health workers and retirees to work with us .

Meet your organization

WHO WE ARE

The Mmanze Centre for Rural Development & Training (MACERUDET) is a local NGO located in Uganda. It is a community-based organization mainly developing and managing self-help community projects in all the welfare works related fields. MACERUDET has more than 30  years of experience in the field of welfare works implementing community based programs and activities.

MACERUDET takes its name from Mmanze community, which is located 22 miles north the capital city of Kampala along Matugga -Ssemuto road.. The area is typical of rural area’s in Uganda with families largely getting by on subsistence farming. It lies within the former famous Luwero Triangle, where the 1981 to 1986 bush war was centred resulting in many fatalities and virtually destroying all the social infra structures in the region. It was in this environment in 1987 that Macerudet (Mmanze Centre For Rural Development And Training ) was founded, with survivors organizing themselves on a self help basis to create this community based organization. The main aim of Macrudet was, and more than thirty years later still is, to contribute towards the rehabilitation, reconstruction and development of the area through self help initiatives. During the past thirty years Macerudet has worked with the local community to found and develop projects that promote education, health care and economic development.

Mmanze Community members face daily problems caused by poverty, low-grade water supply & sanitation facilities, insufficient funds for education, meagure nutrition & scant health care services, among a variety of other disadvantages. 

MACRUDET has no established paid staff and implements priority programs and activities utilizing the services of both local and international volunteers through an integrated holistic development approach with a high community spirit and a lot of enthusiasm.
WHAT WE DO  :

Priority Programs include : Sustainable Agriculture & Income Generation; Community-Based Health Care; Functional Adult Literacy; Training & Education; Environmental Protection; Infrastructure Development; Rural Savings & Credit Scheme; Community Capacity Building; Rights Promotion & Protection; & Lobbying & Advocacy.We also recruit and host volunteers from the local and international community.

​WHERE WE WORK :

We work with the rural based communities in the typical rural areas in Mmanze community,Masulita subcounty in Wakiso district.
. Life is fairly laid back in the area and time is soon spent chatting with people in passing and visiting friends. The  area has an extremely low crime rate and volunteers are given the chance and encouraged to explore the area alone or in groups with our team.

OUR HISTORY :

As already mentioned ,we have an experience of more  than thirty years working with the rural based communities.Secondly ,we have the same experience working with both local and international volunteers from different countries  from different cultural back grounds.

​OUR MISSION :

To work with rural communities to alleviate poverty, ignorance, disease & illiteracy through implementing sustainable community based development programs.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR :

We are looking for flexible, caring volunteers who have the drive to not only help but to familiarize themselves with the local culture and characters. We advise longer placements as it gives us and yourself a greater chance to get stuck into a program however we understand that short terms are sometimes preferred especially when visiting Africa or volunteering for the first time.

9 reviews · rating4.8

Moritz Hennig rating4.4

2024 at Completion of students' dormitories

I really enjoyed my time in the Macerudet Community. Everyone was welcoming and I really felt at home. The kids will always love to show you around and to bring you some sugarcane or jackfruit. The accommodation and especially the toilets are really simple, which can be a little unusual at first, ...
Francois Loignon rating5

2023 at Sports/Physical Education Trainer

I initially was supposed to do 1 month of volunteering in the community of Mmanze. I got to meet the host family with Gorret, William and the kids. Their hospitability, kindness and generosity is so genuine and beautiful. It will make you feel right away at home with family members. I feel in ...
Richard Ogutu rating5

2022 at Training in art, design and craft

Visiting Uganda was a dream come true. I enrolled for Communications and Marketing Volunteer at MACERUDET. Everything was enjoyable starting from the pickup at the Airport by my host, Mr. Mulindwa. He was very supportive. I got greatly prepared breakfast, lunch, supper. MACERUDET is the best place ...
Alberto Brao rating4.2

2022 at Computer Training Teacher

The general impression was very good and the problems that arisen were managed and solved pretty well together with the staff. The context of the village is one hundred per cent rural and also the accomodation but you get in to it very quickly with no issues. The only problem that someone can find ...
It’s my definite pleasure to be able to work for Mr Mulindwa Williams to build the training centre for the Mmanze Village located 3 hours north west of Kampala. This man has dedicated over 10 years in this project in order to improve the skills and living quality and working opportunity for the ...
Muhammed Walton rating5

2019 at English teacher assistance

Wonderful institution providing education and development services to rural community in Wakiso district also Masulita sub county located in Kampala uganda. The Centre has two schools one primary and one secondary with students ranging in between the number of four hundred to five hundred students. ..

Location

Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda > Kampala

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