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Uganda Volunteer Project About

Join one of our teams this summer and help us transform a community school in Uganda by building an amazing new playground from start to finish and help on our Arts & Play program to inspire the children at a school to learn, explore and develop themselves whilst giving them an awesome place to play. Uganda is a beautiful, green country with the mighty River Nile running through the middle and with a warm, welcoming culture that you will fall in love with. Our volunteers live locally, with our building teams in the community that they are impacting, giving the opportunity to really be immersed in the local culture and to form fantastic bonds with the local children, community, our build team and other volunteers that will last a life time.

Date & Duration

4 weeks: 4th June - 2nd July 2016 9th July - 6th August 2016 13th August - 10th September 2016

Cost

£100 deposit £800 minimum fundraising target (excluding flights) £250 participation cost

Challenge Level

Medium level difficulty: Though we believe that ths project is accessible to everyone, a reasonable level of physical fitness is required, and those who do not engage in regular exercise are advised to get fit before the project begins.

Sign up

You can sign up via http://eastafricanplaygrounds.org/ uvpsignup/ - places are limited, so make sure you get yours before they all go!

Uganda Gorilla Trek About

Join the Uganda Gorilla Trek this summer and spend 4 days trekking through forest, up the sides of mountains and foothills of volcanoes and across lakes in traditional dugout canoes. Stay on small islands in the middle of these beautiful lakes, learn about the local culture and history of the Batwa pygmy’s (one of the oldest cultures in the world) whilst trying the amazing food of the region.

This is followed by a day trekking through the jungle and spending time with the last Silver Back mountain Gorillas in the world. After this, you will spend a week living in a local community along with our building team. Here, you will help us transform a community school in Uganda by building an amazing new playground from start to finish and help on our Arts & Play program to inspire the children at a school to learn, explore and develop themselves whilst giving them an awesome place to play.

Date & Duration

21 days: 6th - 26th June 2016 11th - 31st July 2016 15th August - 4th September 2016

Cost

£200 deposit £1,600 minimum fundraising target (excluding flights)

Challenge Level

Medium level difficulty: Though we believe that this trek is accessible to everyone, a reasonable level of physical fitness is required, and those who do not engage in regular exercise are advised to train before the project begins.

Sign up

You can sign up via http://eastafricanplaygrounds.org/ ugtsignup/ - places are limited, so make sure you get yours before they all go!

Who & What?

About EAP

EAP is quite a unique charity as we were set up through Leeds RAG society in 2009 by two students, Tom & Carla. EAP believe that every child, especially those whose lives are hard, should have somewhere for them to play and be children. By building playgrounds, we are able to give over 45,000 children access to an awesome playground each year. As well as this, we are able to run our playground building workshop where we train disadvantaged young adults to become welders, builders and play-workers. So far we have built 90 playgrounds in UgandaAll of this has only been possible due to the projects we run with RAG societies in the UK.

Support we provide

The support from RAG’s across the country has allowed EAP to grow into what it is today. With all UK members of staff as former RAG members, we understand how to work with and support RAGs of all sizes. When a RAG chooses to work with us we see it as a privilege. We have a support network here in the UK that is designed to help your RAG do the best job possible. We run a pre-term training course for all of our project leaders, have custom made promo, leaflets, flyers etc, provide T-shirts for the RAG, online material, facebook ads, we come to assist with info meetings and promo days, provide email lists and so much more. Our support goes beyond recruitment, fundraising, the set up and running’s of the projects. We also support individual development through our paid internships, ambassador roles and leader positions providing a whole host of opportunities for your RAG and students.

Mega Raids

We organise fantastic Mega raids in London and Manchester each year. These are our biggest UK events. Each year we invite all our Gorilla Trek and Volunteer students as well as a select number of other RAG’s to join in the fun. We provide basic accommodation for the students and base that day around having fun for charity.

Jailbreak

Jailbreak is a hitchhiking challenge that involves students travelling as far away from the Students Union as they can within a 36 hour period without spending any money on travel. Jailbreak will be the most awesome event of your RAG calendar!! It’s a great chance to travel and raise money for charity! Jailbreak is always one of the most popular events with students. It is a simple £20 sign up fee with a £50 fundraising target. Our relationship with our Jailbreak RAG’s often grow with their success and develop into working alongside them with our international projects also, as we are able to help and support their growth.