Voluntourism & Eco-Adventure

Why not warm your heart at the Bubala Primary School?

What's being accomplished
The Ugandan nonprofit WOWAYA is actively improving primary education in the rural village of Iganga. One week of your help will make a real difference in their efforts to improve facilities for the local children. 

How you can help
OK, first: latrines. Ewwwww.
Now: please take a minute to consider how important they are to rural education. They mitigate disease, keeping kids in attendance. They help protect drinking water. And, by offering privacy, they allow girls to stay in school after they reach puberty. It doesn't get more real than this. Lack of latrines is a major reason girls drop out of school in the developing world.

On our July trip to Iganga, utilizing funds raised by students at Radner Middle School in Wayne, Pennsylvania, we are going to help WOWAYA staff and builders install new, private latrines for the Bubala Primary School. Your volunteer labor – digging, carrying supplies, mixing cement – will create real, meaningful advantages for Iganga's children.

All participants will be able to help in some way.  And – let's get right to it – there's no poop involved in the project. A latrine is a simple building covering a septic pit. Nobody will be using the facilities while they're being built.

Also, the Iganga village experience is so much more than work. There will be plenty of time to chill out (average temperature, 70 degrees Fahrenheit) in the beautiful surroundings, spend time with the Bubala Primary School kids and meet the local community. There's even white water rafting and hiking, plus a day of urban tourism in Kampala!

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

For more information on serving in Iganga or donating to the latrine project, please contact Joanne Trangle.

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