Supporting or Volunteering with Buseesa Community Development Centre (BCDC) can make a significant difference in the lives of vulnerable rural communities in Uganda. Even one day of volunteering work counts!
Volunteering Opportunities.
1. Teaching: Assisting with primary school education. Supporting teaching mainly in English language at Deirdre Ann Nursery and primary school.
2. Health Care. Support medical outreach services and health education to those hard to reach communities.
3. Microcredit Services. Reaching out to the rural communities to empower them start small businesses and increase farming activities to support their families and develop their communities. We reach out to those communities that cannot access or be accepted by formal banking institutions.
4. Agriculture: We help farmers form groups and support them with modern agriculture inputs in form or seeds, tarplins, seedlings etc to help them increase agriculture productivity and income.
Ways to Support:
1. Financial Donations: Donate towards our activities to support HIV patients, widows and widowers, women, the disabled, the elderly and orphans via bank transfer, western union or Money gram.
2. Material donation: Send education resources, medical supplies, computers, agriculture equipment’s and other agriculture supplies.
3. Sponsorship: Support our sponsorship program for the vulnerable children i.e the orphans, children with disability, children living with HIV attain good education at Primary, secondary or vocation institution. We reach out to those rural children who have been neglected, or dropped out of school do to financial challenges.
4. Donate towards any of our free services to the community:
Health services. Family planning, Immunization, Postnatal, Outreaches, HIV Testing and Counseling, Malnutrition services, Youth Friendly Health Services, Health Education Talks, ARV’S and Infant Exposed Services.
Education. Scholastic materials and school fees.
Microcredit. Interest free loans for the Elderly, HIV patients, widows, the disabled and orphans.
Agriculture: Agriculture inputs like the hoes, tarps, seeds and seedlings etc.
5. Fundraising: Organize events or campaigns to raise funds for BCDC to support any of the four pillars i.e Microcredit, Education, Health and Agriculture.
6. Advocacy: Share BCDC’s work and mission with your network.
Volunteer Requirements.
1. Age: 18+
2. Skills: relevant to chosen volunteer area.
3. Time commitment: Minimum one week.
Accommodation: Volunteers with BCDC are provided with a free comforting accommodation at the school or Clinic staff quarters.
Meals: Volunteers with BCDC contribute an additional cost to cater for the meals during the time of their stay. They are prepared Ugandan dishes of their choice or come along with some western food which is prepared locally. Our volunteers are assured of local fresh sweet fruits.
Contact BCDC:
Email: bcdcuganda@gmail.com.
Phone/WhatsApp: +256702746027
Website: https://bcdc.org.ug
Mailing Address: P.O.BOX 322 MUBENDE.
