Volunteer in Uganda - Join the thousands of volunteers who are making a meaningful difference with their lives.
- Feel what it’s like to know that someone else’s life has been made better because YOU were there
- Partner with others who know that a better world begins with changing a single life
- At $150, ours is the world’s most affordable volunteer program available
- Your safety is always our priority... every volunteer location has been thoroughly vetted
- Contribute in the way that is most meaningful to you... by volunteering in many life changing projects
Are you looking for an affordable volunteer program in Uganda? Do you want to help the poor people in this fascinating country?
Uganda is a traveler’s dream come true. The well-known giant silverback Gorillas call Uganda home.
You can see these gorillas during your hikes through the jungle or your boat ride down the Nile river. Uganda offers many beautiful sights to see, unfortunately it also is stricken with poverty.
Our Uganda volunteer programs and opportunities lets you see the best and the worst of Uganda. We work closely with local grassroots programs that will benefit the communities and help them become self-sufficient.
These last six weeks of volunteering have been a truly amazing and life-changing & very wonderful experience for me.
Alexandra Miller
- USA
I had an excellent time, better than I ever could have imagined. Other volunteers were so nice and willing to help.
Leslie Slade
- Vermont, USA
I had a wonderful experience. I had the opportunity to teach children of all different ages.I am sad to leave!
Don Maddocks
- USA
My volunteer experience with IFRE has been unforgettable. It has opened my mind & heart. Staffs were very helpful.
Manko Blakely
- Germany
Uganda Volunteer Opportunities
Uganda orphanage Project
Due to poverty, diseases, and other social issues, many children are orphaned. Many of these children have been rescued from human trafficking or the life of a young solider.
Volunteers at the orphanage in Uganda are vastly needed to help save these children from a life of abuse.
Volunteers will be sent to one of the 10 orphanages we currently work with. You will help these children with dressing for the day, schoolwork, entertaining, and simply loving them. You will give these children what they need most, someone to love them.
Required Skills : You do not need any prior experience to volunteer in the Uganda orphanage. We only ask that you have compassion for these abused and abandoned children.
Volunteer Chores : As a volunteer in the Uganda orphanage, you will help with schoolwork, tutoring, teaching them about hygiene, playing games, and cooking. You will be very busy, but it will be very rewarding. These children have so little and only want your love and attention.
Medical Volunteer Project in Uganda
Most of the hospitals and clinics in Uganda are in the rural areas and are extremely underfunded and under staffed. Able-bodied volunteers are urgently needed.
You will help in all different departments. Based on your experience and education, you will be placed where you are needed most.
The Uganda medical volunteer experience offers you a wealth of knowledge and experience especially for a medical student.
Required Skills : Our programs are tailored to meet your needs and background. You do not need any skills to volunteer in Uganda, only a desire to help people. We will place you where your knowledge will best be used.
Volunteer Responsibilities : Medical volunteers in Uganda will not perform any surgeries or major exams. You will however, assist the doctors and staff with other tasks such as basic first aid, vital signs, and maintaining patient records. You may also be asked to sit and counsel a patient on health-related topics.
Room Arrangements/ Meals / Supervision
During your volunteer in Uganda experience, our local program coordinator will organize everything for you.
You will be placed with a local host family who will welcome you into their home. They will provide you with three meals a day and be happy to teach you all about their customs and culture. Our local staff will be available to you at all times for questions or concerns.
