Uganda Pioneers' Association

'CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION ON UPA OFFICE AND VOLUNTEER GUEST HOUSE'
Central branch
18th August - 8th September

Project back ground

UPA Central Branch is located in Wakiso District at the premises of UPA Head office in Nansana, Ocheng Zone, eight (8) miles Hoima Road not far from Kampala. Central Branch (Project) is among the ten branches of Uganda Pioneer�s Association spread around Uganda and its main activities are in the area of Sexual Reproductive Healthy sensitization targeting the youth both in school and out of school in Nansana Town Council Wakiso District.

In addition to the above Project, Central Branch has been involved in the work camp activities since 1989 working with different communities to assist in the development of communities. For example cleaning water springs, road maintenance, raising school class rooms, healthy centres, community centres and environment conservation (planting trees) etc.

Project objectives

To increase the office space for Uganda Pioneers Association.
To Expand the UPA guest house that accommodates international volunteers both short term and long term.
Construct a fence around the UPA office and guest house so as to improve the security of the premises.

Expected results

UPA will have a building for its volunteers and office.
Better security for the international volunteers and UPA property

Activities

Construction of a classroom:

Brick laying
Mixing sand and cement
Collecting bricks, mortar and water

A cultural night will be organised and participants will displace items, songs and dances from there home countries and traditions

Cultural and educational visits

Visit Kasubi King�s tombs: This is a famous place where Buganda Kingdom kings where buried, with a lot of historical information
Visit Wamala King�s tombs: This is also similar to the above
Visit Entebbe botanical gardens: This is a thick forest with a variety of different tree spices, monkeys, butter flies and birds

Who qualifies to participate

Open minded, ready to interact with other people of different cultural background
Willing to share his/her experiences
Flexible to live/stay in simple life conditions
Flexible to the taste of other foods (local)
Ready to work on the projects
No experience needed

Location

Nansana Town council is 8kilo meters from Kampala the capital of Uganda, Found in central region of Uganda in Wakiso District
Bukomero Village in Kiboga district 56 kilo meters from capital city Kampala.

Health services

At Nansana the there several medical clinics at distance of less than a kilo meter and the main hospital is at 8 miles in Kampala. In Bukomero the hospital is a 3 kilometers distance from the camp site with possible transport to reach to the hospital.

The host community

The people found in central Uganda are multi tribal with the majority population being Baganda tribal people. And the major language spoken is Luganda with also a big percentage of people speaking English well.

The major food eaten in this region matoke, cassava, sweet potatoes, rice, beans, ground nuts, yams etc.

Like most regions in Uganda people in this community always welcome visitors and always interested to talk/work with people from other cultural backgrounds

Participation

The project expects 35 participants maximum with a composition of people from other regions of Uganda and people from the north of the world (that is Europe, Asia and America).The camp participants will be joined by other community people working for 6 hours daily from Monday to Friday. Work collecting rush, educative discussion with the community members on sustainable environment management and construction of energy saving stoves.

Water Source

Water in Nansana camp site is at the camp site tap water, at Bukomero the place has rain collecting tank and bore hole at 1 kilo meter distance.

Climate

The temperatures usually range between 16°C and 29°C with few rains during the month of August and September. This region is very green all the year due to two seasons of rains in the year.

Accomodation

We shall provide simple rooms for sleeping
Participant will use their sleeping bags and mats
The camp site have simple bathrooms with no showers
The camp sites have latrines not toilets
And a simple cooking shelter (kitchen)
Participants are requested to bring with them mosquito nets, working clothes and shoes
If any games, information/pictures from home country bring them

Meals

There several local foods, matooke, cassava, sweet potatoes, yams, pumpkin and also rice, spaghetti, meat, fish, ground nuts, beans, peas and different types green vegetables
Fruits can also be easily bought from local markets, mangoes, sweet bananas, water melon, pineapples etc
Participants will chose food to prepare depending on the availability