Voluntourism & Eco-Adventure

Why not help train an entrepreneur in a new or expanding business?

What's being accomplished
Volunteers will support small business entrepreneurs and microfinance loan organizations to support the establishment and growth of small Ugandan businesses.

The main challenges that affect small business in Uganda are unavailability of resources, poor management, substandard marketing, infrastructural challenges, poor record keeping, business acumen, illiteracy, high cost of transportation, and limited access to larger and more diverse markets.

This is an opportunity for volunteers to study the role of entrepreneurship in the Ugandan economy and help entrepreneurs learn the business basics.

How you can help
As a volunteer, you will support small businesses with the following:

• prepare business plans and proposals
• fund raise
• source markets
• teach better record keeping procedures
• access micro loan opportunities

For college students and business majors, this is an excellent opportunity to do your service hours.

• Develop your business acumen by working with and embracing people from different cultures and backgrounds

• Increase your public speaking and engagement skills

• Examine the relationships between the global economic environment and local entrepreneurship

• Analyze the rural –urban business and entrepreneurial dynamic

• Establish an understanding of how world trade policies affect local African businesses and entrepreneurs

• Assess the impact of social entrepreneurship on the economic development of Uganda 

Who: Volunteers 18 years or older

Immediately following the project, Kuchanga Travel is offering an optional wildlife safari in Uganda's amazing mountain forest and riparian preserves.

For more information, please contact Joanne Trangle.