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Primary Causes Supported by Champions & Creators
When creators and fundraising champions partner with Aparis CDP, their campaigns directly fund specific, high-priority community projects:
• The Village Feeding Program: Providing emergency hot meals, baby milk, posho, and beans to over 500 rural orphans and 300 vulnerable households via five community centers.
• Youth Skilling & Vocational Training: Financing market-driven technical training track
5 hours of help per week
Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
Arts: Help with painting, graffiti, sculpting or drawing.
Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
2 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.
Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.
Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Discounts on Restaurants: Get discounts at nearby restaurants.
Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.
Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.
Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.
Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.
Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.
Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.
Surf lessons: Take free surf classes at the local beaches.
Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.
Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.
Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.
Permaculture Course: Take part in our Permaculture course for free.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely
Beginner English
Between 70 and 18 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Core Objectives
• Amplify Grassroots Visibility: Empowering digital content creators to tell the story of rural Uganda, documenting life in Aparis village, and showcasing the direct impact of donor funding.
• Drive Peer-to-Peer Fundraising: Mobilizing "Fundraising Champions" to build independent donation pages, engage their personal networks, and raise crucial capital for community interventions.
• Sustainable Community Support: Securing predictable, localized funding to maintain long-term feeding, education, and medical programs
• The Village Feeding Program: Providing emergency hot meals, baby milk, posho, and beans to over 500 rural orphans and 300 vulnerable households via five community centers.
• Youth Skilling & Vocational Training: Financing market-driven technical training tracks (ranging from 6 months to 2 years) for school dropouts, young mothers, and orphans to foster self-reliance.
• Education and Scholastic Materials: Funding safe shelters, school fees, and learning materials for underprivileged and orphaned children.
• Emergency Rural Healthcare: Raising funds toward medical resources, such as the village ambulance project to procure motorized tricycle/motorcycle trailer ambulances for local patient transit
Shifts
• Weekly Hours: Volunteers typically dedicate around 5 to 10 hours per week of structured assistance.
• Daily Schedule Split: When working alongside local project teams, days are often divided into morning and afternoon shifts (each lasting roughly 3 hours).
• Time Off: Volunteers receive 2 to 3 days off per week to explore the local culture, join community excursions, or rest
Cultural Sensitivity & Supervision: Due to minimal on-site infrastructure, volunteers work under close guidance from local project leaders. Volunteers are expected to stay highly professional and maintain strict boundary guidelines regarding child privacy and image use when creating media content
