No Particiaption Fee is charged

Accomodation: No Accomodation Fee is charged

No accommodation fee is charged by SOVHEN. We only request for mutual cost sharing between SOVHEN and volunteers regarding meals, bottled drinking water, other needed house supplies and utilities. Please let the staff know what kinds of foods you like so they don't keep making the same meals you don't like. If there are some foods you like and know it could be obtained from super markets in Masaka or Kampala. **Be aware that the meals you are getting are actually much better than what a local family enjoys on average. Learning to eat local food is part of the cultural experience

Night Time: Please avoid staying out late. At most, you should make effort to return home by 8:00PM. SOVHEN is not responsible for your safety while you are out too late. It's okay to bring a drink home if you are out drinking and it's getting late. Please be prudent.

Please do not think the cost sharing fee you give is what sustains the family, it's basically for your upkeep. And it's not a donation to SOVHEN If you think what you give as  cost sharing is too much, feel free to rent a house in the next town and figure out what it would cost living on your own in Uganda. There is a tendency for people to think everything is very cheap in Africa.

We don’t want to sound rude but some volunteers have given this impression and we want to avoid those misunderstandings

Guests sleep in the very same place the village chief once slept! There are 4 rooms available: 2 rooms are set up dormitory-style with 2 double beds, and the remaining 2 rooms are private with a single bed. All rooms come with mattresses, bed sheets, blanket, and mosquito nets. All rooms have access to private showers and washing facilities. The house uses water from borehole and/or rainwater stored in a tank. Visitors to SOVHEN have the opportunity to fetch water themselves so that they can feel as culturally immersed as possible. This also encourages them to use the water responsibly

Age:

Minimum age 18 Years

Maximum age -75 Years

Ideal Length of Volunteer residence:

short term assignments up to six months

longer term ranging from one to two years

Work Hours and Holiday entitlements for volunteers:

Monday-Friday
Morning   (8:00am - 12:00pm)
Afternoon (2:00pm - 4:00pm)
Evening   (5:00pm - 6:30pm): Afterschool program - teaching/tutoring music, dance, art and crafts etc

Saturday: traditional handicrafts making & skill training- for surviving orphan caregivers from 9-5 am

Sunday, Public and religious Holidays: open days

Arrivals-Arrival-Entebbe International Airport (EBB): Flying into Uganda, you arrive at the Entebbe International Airport (EBB) on the shores of Lake Victoria, about 3 km from the town center of Entebbe. About a 30-40 minute car ride south from Kampala, Uganda’s capital city.

If you provide us with your itinerary, we shall arrange for someone to pick you up from the airport. We ask $100 USD to cover car rental and gas. It's a 1.30 hours trip from airport to Mpigi, 4 hour trip to Masaka and 5.30 hours trip to Rakai

Depending on your arrival time, you may have to spend a night in Kampala and then proceed to Mpigi, Masaka and Rakai the following day. If you are to stay in a hotel, it's our responsibility to assist volunteers find a hotel around Entebbe or Kampala. Once Volunteers houses are set up in Kampala, there will be no accommodation fee for our volunteers