Program Requirements:
Minimum stay: 2 months
Maximum stay: 6 months
(can be extended)
Age: 18 to 65 years
Volunteers should meet the following requirements:
- be 18 years or older
- have no major health problems
- a medical background is required for the primary health care project
Registration deadline:
Fees should be paid anywhere up to 12 weeks prior to departure.
No fees will be refunded or transferred when volunteers do not complete there voluntary period.
Spending money should be brought in U.S. dollars cash, which is easier to exchange than traveler's cheques or personal cheques.
FAQs about Volunteering
- Tell me more about Uganda
- How safe is it to volunteer in Uganda?
- What is the climate like in Uganda?
- Can you tell me more about FYO?
- Do I need to speak English to become a volunteer?
- When do I need to arrive in Uganda?
- What immunizations or vaccines will I need?
- What are the living arrangements when volunteering?
- Can I bring my family/children to this program with me?
- What is the criterion for volunteers to be accepted into the program?
- What resources are available for teaching when I'm volunteering? Do I need to bring my own?
- How many volunteers are there on site at the same time?
- Who organizes my visa for my volunteer placement?
- How do I pay my program fee?
- For what purpose do we use the support money?
- Are there more expenses once I arrive?
- Are we able to do any sightseeing while volunteering?
- How often are evaluation and auditing done?
- Where to next?
- Whom to acknowledge?
- What are some of the ways sponsors help orphans and widows through Foundation for Young Orphans?
- Who are Whole Home Sponsors?
- How do kids get to a school?
- What are the policies of FYO relative to reunification of orphans with their extended family?
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