Volunteer and Travel in Uganda with Beacon of Hope Uganda. Beacon of Hope Uganda is a community development organization based in Mukono, Uganda, East Africa.

1. A typical day for a volunteer at Beacon of Hope Uganda
8.00 Latest Rise and shower
8.30 Breakfast
9.00 Setting off to field work/Office work starts
Help with office work, programming, grants and donation research, volunteer
search and program awareness and sharing of innovative ideas and carrying
out designed program or project.
10.00 Working on field project, teaching, building, planting trees, painting etc.
13.00 Lunch break
14.00 Help with evening children after class project as an Assistant Trainer or
make crafts with the children or help them with reading etc or Home Study visit
to assess, at a destitute family home, how they can best be supported with a
limited budget, community outreaches etc.
16.00 Play games with the children. The boys are soccer mad! The girls love
netball, rounders and so on. Discussion with youth at the Centre
18.30 Evening coffee/ tea
19.30 Sometimes you will be entertained by cultural dance group of local
women or the children from the High School playing local instruments or a
craft sale
20.00 Supper at the house and chat with chaps there.

2. 21.00 Relax at nearby bar
22.00 You will probably be ready for bed! Good night, see you tomorrow.
Compiled by:
Scovia Mukahirwa- General Secretary
www.beaconofhopeug.org