Exchanges to Uganda
Exchanges to Uganda
A Sustainable Way to Volunteer Abroad Changing the World, One Friendship at a Time
Our exchanges offer a unique opportunity to experience social entrepreneurship in a global context through collaborating with a youth-led social venture.
Peer-to-peer collaborations – where everyone is learning through the experience and bringing their own creativity, curiosity, and perspectives to tasks – are tailored to participants’ skills and sustained through a longer-term remote collaborative experience over the internet.
Ultimately, this leads to a more meaningful and more sustainable form of intercultural cooperation.
A Sustainable Way to Volunteer Abroad Changing the World, One Friendship at a Time
Our exchanges offer a unique opportunity to experience social entrepreneurship in a global context through collaborating with a youth-led social venture.
Peer-to-peer collaborations – where everyone is learning through the experience and bringing their own creativity, curiosity, and perspectives to tasks – are tailored to participants’ skills and sustained through a longer-term remote collaborative experience over the internet.
Ultimately, this leads to a more meaningful and more sustainable form of intercultural cooperation.
Different Options:
3 Week
In 2020:
21st May – 11th June
16th July – 6th August
27th August – 17th September
£575 / $730
10 Week
In 2020:
28th May – 6th August
£1,500 / $1,860
Why an Exchange with United?
Experiential Learning
Because social entrepreneurship and global citizenship is best learned through practice
Effective Impact
Tasks are tailored to your skillset & of genuine significance to high-potential social ventures
Enduring Connections
Work continues remotely from your home. 10% of past participants have returned to Uganda.
Explore Uganda
On weekends go on safari, tour Kampala, raft the Nile… even bungee jump!
Equitable Friendships
Peer-to-peer collaborations create a more authentic and enjoyable intercultural experience.
Experiential Learning
Because social entrepreneurship and global citizenship is best learned through practice
Effective Impact
Tasks are tailored to your skillset & of genuine significance to high-potential social ventures
Enduring Connections
Work continues remotely from your home. 10% of past participants have returned to Uganda.
Explore Uganda
On weekends go on safari, tour Kampala, raft the Nile… even bungee jump!
Equitable Friendships
Peer-to-peer collaborations create a more authentic and enjoyable intercultural experience.
Testimonials
“The experience was invaluable for my future career in global health research and reaffirmed my desire to work in East Africa.”
“The people I encountered were just incredible. I was not expecting to be in such a brilliant volunteer team, to be given such a platform to express my views or to encounter such a vibrant social experience.”
“It was a really brilliant trip, especially meeting the different people and visiting different parts of Uganda”
“I felt like my skills were actually useful so I was beneficial to the ventures”
“Meeting Makerere students and working with them was definitely the best part of my experience. I think that’s unique to United and was completely different from anything I’d been involved with before.”
“I made some really wonderful friends who I am sure I will stay in contact with for years to come.”
Testimonials
“The experience was invaluable for my future career in global health research and reaffirmed my desire to work in East Africa.”
“The people I encountered were just incredible. I was not expecting to be in such a brilliant volunteer team, to be given such a platform to express my views or to encounter such a vibrant social experience.”
“It was a really brilliant trip, especially meeting the different people and visiting different parts of Uganda”
“I felt like my skills were actually useful so I was beneficial to the ventures”
“Meeting Makerere students and working with them was definitely the best part of my experience. I think that’s unique to United and was completely different from anything I’d been involved with before.”
“I made some really wonderful friends who I am sure I will stay in contact with for years to come.”
Bespoke trips can also be designed in partnership with universities to reduce costs for students and integrate academic modules with the venture-based learning of a trip to Uganda.
Bespoke trips can also be designed in partnership with universities to reduce costs for students and integrate academic modules with the venture-based learning of a trip to Uganda.