During our monitoring trip to Uganda, we visited CEFOVID, where we will be sending four volunteers over the next two years.
These volunteers will work with children and youth directly in the slum, focusing on developing their skills and abilities, raising awareness of hygiene habits and reproductive health. The project will also include supporting disadvantaged local women in acquiring new professional skills.
During the visit, we met the organization's director, Ronald, who himself grew up in the slum and has been working since 2012 to break the cycle of poverty that the locals are trapped in. The organisation's activities are mainly focused on the so-called Kosovo slum, where conditions are very difficult. All the houses are located in a valley into which water flows from all the surrounding hills. A stream runs through the houses, which can flood the dwellings even in light rain. The high water table means that even the floors of the trampled mud are constantly wet.
Humid environments, coupled with poor hygiene and limited access to nutrition, lead to many health complications, especially in children. Hence, emphasis is placed on hygiene education in these communities and community breakfasts are regularly organised right in the slum alleys. There is more than enough work to do, and we believe that the reinforcements from the EU will be of great benefit to CEFOVID and the local community.
Interested in becoming a volunteer and traveling to Uganda with us? We will open new positions soon! More information here.
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The project „Humanitarian Volunteering for Solidarity Activities“ (ref. 101140258), from 1.2.2024 to 31.1.2027, is co-funded by the European Union.
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