Rustic Volunteer and Travel
 
Volunteer Travel Uganda

HIV/AIDS Awareness

The pandemic resulting from the spread and acquisition of HIV/AIDS is a serious, deadly challenge facing the entire country of Uganda. Children are often born to AIDS-infected parents who often pass away before begin able to make any kind of contribution to these children's lives. Volunteers' assistance is greatly and urgently needed in many areas of this HIV/AIDS projects.

Presently, Rustic Volunteer Travel works in collaboration with local organizations running various HIV/AIDS projects creating and promoting awareness while simultaneously providing comfort to HIV/AIDS-infected citizens. Volunteers/travelers can have the rewarding opportunity to create hope among the sick and to assure them that they can live productive lives even with AIDS (given proper care of their bodies).

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Fact File Uganda

Arrival Point:

Entebbe International Airport , Entebbe

Airport Pick-up:

Upon the receipt of your flight information, our in-country coordinator or other project staff will greet the volunteers in the airport and take you to your project site. The address and telephone number of the local contact hotel will be given before departure just in case volunteers miss our representative in the airport. Please make sure to e-mail your flight information to both the USA office and the local in-country coordinator's office.

Departure Point:

Entebbe International Airport , Entebbe ( about 21 miles from the capital Kampala)

Airport Drop:

Rarely, a few do request an escort back to the airport; this is an extra expense of about $75.  Most are very familiar and comfortable with their stay and have great ease taking their own taxi or bus back to the airport.

Internal Transportation:

Rustic Volunteer Travel manages one-way transportation to project. Volunteers will be responsible for their own personal and return travel. We do not cover daily transportation from host family/hotel to the project. Volunteers will be responsible for their personal and return travel. Our program is designed to save you the volunteer as much as possible.

Start Dates:

1 st and 3 rd Mondays of each month

Arrival Before Start Date:

Rustic Volunteers/Travelers coming to Uganda are advised to arrive one day before their program start date. If you arrive more than one day early or stay after the program, you will be responsible for your room and food expenses.

Working Hours: 30- 40 hours per week