Spring of Hope Uganda is aiming at enabling rural communities of Uganda to help their disabled children.
An Overview and description of spring of hope Uganda, SoHUG!!
MISSION: Uplifting the general standard or conditions of living of children with disabilities (CWD’s) and youth with disabilities (YWD’s).
OUR AIM IS TO:
Spring of Hope is a community-based rehabilitation non- profit organisation for children with disabilities in local communities of Uganda. We currently work with 500 children and their families in the areas of education, physiotherapy, medical, sensitisation and income generating projects. Our aim is to see that these children are able to reach their true potential.
Before the work of Spring of Hope began disabled children were being abused, locked away and tied up due to the stigma of having a child who is disabled.
Spring of Hope is based in Kayunga district, Kangulumira Sub-county one hour drive from Jinja Town (The source of the Nile). The programme started in August 2004 working alongside another organisation; it gradually grew and developed with the services extending to the neighbouring districts wherever possible. In 2011, Spring of Hope Uganda SoHUG was registered as a Community Based Organisation (CBO) in its own right.
PROGRAM OUTLINE
Rural outreach clinics
Our heart is huge for volunteers to come and join us, because we have seen the positive impact made and the benefit entailed on volunteers themselves; being able to reach out servicing in communities which makes a difference on some one’s life.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERS
All volunteers will assist in Clinics; drop INS, in schools and work alongside our team, help in our clinics in the area of basic first aid and in the area of assisting with our children with epilepsy, bed sore care and in the area of nutrition and many more.
Our heart is to see that children who have been having difficulty with feeding are able to come to a new level of healing under the care of the team and the parents are able to love and accept their children in a unique way when they no longer have such severe feeding difficulties.
PART SUMMARISED VOLUTEERS ACTIVITY DESCRIPTIONS
Occupational therapists/ physiotherapists – who works alongside Occupational therapist in the area of assessing our children, in the area of writing project plans and training parents on how to work with their children.
Speech therapist- within Uganda there is a shortage of speech therapists; our children are in need of the attention speech therapist for support in the area of swallowing and chewing and with speech difficulties. The role of a speech therapist would be to train our staff and parents in developmental exercises and teaching our OT on how to asses and writing of programs for these children. We have seen to many children die due eating difficulties we desperately want to see this change.
Nurses – works alongside us and with our children in the area of basic medical needs and in the area of nutritional advice to parents and working alongside our malnourished children. We also need nurses to work alongside our epileptic children.
Special needs Teachers and Teachers – works alongside our teachers within the schools, special needs teachers will be working alongside our teachers to empower them on new skills on how to work with children with disabilities.
General volunteers- works alongside our team in numbers of ways, teaching at the school, running football games for the deaf children, arts and crafts for the children, counting epilepsy pills and many more.
Program Description
Home visiting – From Monday-Wednesday we go out and visit children in the local communities and we do occupational therapy, works with the children in the areas of developmental exercise.
VOLUNTEER ACCOMODATION/ GUEST ACCOMODATION
Food: THE COST OF VOLUNTEERINGThe cost of volunteering with us is 16$ per day if someone is to volunteer for less than one month ($480 for a month), if someone is to volunteer for one month and more the fee is $450 only. Payments to be paid upon arrival in $ or £ to help us with preparations. Airport pick up fee $100. All volunteers are asked to pay for their airfare. We would advise you to book through http://www.cheapmissionstrips.com. WHAT WE COVER:Two meals a day (supper and Breakfast)Accommodation Bills,Wireless internet accessTransport to and from the villageTransport around the community when working.
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