Volunteer opportunity at Oxford Modern School
At Oxford Modern Primary School you can Reach & Teach in rural village in Uganda, you can get involved with a complete range of teaching and development activities. You can help in taking normal classes, assisting the teaching staff, conducting extracurricular activities like clay modeling, painting, drawing, singing, art & drama, dancing, group work, games or other similar activities. Your help and assistance will be greatly appreciated in this rural school and will be a refreshing change to existing curriculum. The school is located in a rural community and has limited resources, both infrastructure and staff.
Volunteers can take up projects depending on the needs of the school. The school has need for infrastructure development and/or renovations. Volunteers can do a combination of both teaching and renovation/building work if they chose to work at this school.
If you’re a native English speaker or with some teaching experience, you can be a valuable resource in these village classrooms, With your English skills you could teach proper English pronunciation and usage. Even if you’ve never formally taught a classroom subject, you can assist the local teachers in their day to day work at the school. You don’t need to know the local language, or the methods of the local school system. All you need is enthusiasm and a desire to share your knowledge and make a difference.
It is so great if you would like to work with the Teaching placement, teaching computers, and the school can provide computers, but sometimes volunteers help by using their own laptops to help the students in groups of 3-5 students per group.
CARING FOR ORPHANS AND THEIR HOMES
The School supports orphans within their foster families and some are staying with their parenting siblings. With limited staff, resources and facilities, the school is struggling to provide care, love and support to orphaned children. Being hugely understaffed, we have few learning or extra-curricular activities. The school through its domestic volunteers is able to provide the orphans in this school with support and help. These could be in the form of improving the existing facilities, assisting the staff, teaching and helping with the general support and feeding in the children’s homes. Volunteers can help in refurbishing existing buildings in the children’s homes, improving health facilities both at the school and in homes, teaching Basic English, drawing, drama, conducting games etc.
At Oxford Modern Primary School and in the children’s homes you are typically greeted with big hugs, toothless smiles and children curious to touch and get your attention. At Oxford Modern Primary School caring for orphans and children’s homes programs you can make a lasting difference in these young lives. You can care for children in many ways. Often no special skills are required, as volunteers are needed to spend time playing, reading, exercising and share time with the children. Since the host project is short-staffed and the volunteers’ attention gives the children the extra love they need.
The need is expansive and long-term, so your opportunity to make a significant difference through service is likewise immeasurable. You can help expand and maintain residential training and daycare facilities or help host staff conduct recreational activities, teach classes and serve meals. No matter what your age, background, gender or ability, you can be a valuable resource to demonstrate the universal language of love, compassion and make a difference to the children’s’ lives!
Placement duration is a minimum of 4 weeks. The sky is the limit
Placement Location: Kamwenge Western Uganda Uganda
Placement Booking Fee: USD$ 100 (Paid Upon acceptance into the Program)
Airport Pickup and transport to the location: USD $80
Placement Fee: USD $350 per month (Covering 3 meals a day, Accommodation, Water and Ground Support)
OXFORD MODERN PRIMARY SCHOOL 