ADICE59100 recruits 01 Junior EU Aid Volunteers, Marketing and Capacity building of Community organizations

ADICE59100 recruits 01 Junior EU Aid Volunteers, Marketing and Capacity building of Community organizations

This volunteering position will take place in small grassroots organization developing mainly local development aid projects. The volunteers will have to adapt and be flexible regarding the local working and living environment. It is expected that the volunteer to be autonomous and able to take initiatives to support the hosting organization and local community in the development of their projects and activities.

The volunteer will be supported by the hosting organization Uganda Pioneers´ Association (UPA) that is located in Nansana, a suburb of Kampala. UPA was formed in 1989 and has extensive experience in hosting international volunteers and involving them and local volunteers in community projects through Short, Medium and Long-term voluntary services. The organisation is Not-for-Profit and does not represent any political, religious or sectarian motives.

Both projects are located within the same suburb. The two organisation where the volunteer shall be deployed are Pelletier Teenage Mothers’ Foundation and Voice of Women Uganda. They both strive for the protection and empowerment of marginalized women and girls in the local communities.

Voice of Women Uganda (VOWU) is a women’s organisation founded in 2011 with a mission of empowering vulnerable women and girls to understand and exercise their rights and abilities so as to make informed life choices. We are a voice drawing community and national attention to barriers preventing women from accessing and exercising their rights in their homes, their communities and society at large. Its objectives are:

– To enable women and girls interact to share ideas, knowledge and experiences geared towards improving their wellbeing
– To educate women and girls about their human rights with particular focus on reproductive health rights, and observance of gender based rights among others
– To promote women’s rights through elimination of violence and other forms of discrimination against women
– Equip women and girls with skills that will enable them  increase their income
– To advocate for girl child education and gender equity
– To Conduct research pertaining to women  issues

Target beneficiaries are vulnerable women and girls who are facing exploitation, abuse and/or violence. These include among others; young/child mothers, single mothers, married women living in abusive relationships widows, women with disabilities, adolescents, orphans, those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and other health related conditions. A gender perspective is mainstreamed in VOWU’s work to ensure that gender related concerns and experiences are addressed.

Pelletier Teenage Mothers Foundation (PTMOF) is Non-Government Organization operating in Nansana municipal council Wakiso District established in 2008 with a view of contributing to self reliance of teen mothers and their children through increasing access to basic vocational and employable skills as a basis for their social and economic empowerment.
The organization ensures nurturing the positive mental health, physical and social development of traumatized young parents in Uganda helping them to integrate back into their communities.

PTMOF is aimed at providing employable skills to teen mothers and other economically vulnerable  younger women especially school dropouts  and child mothers who are disadvantaged under the formal education system.

Tâches :

– Basic knowledge about community development in developing countries

– Communications skills (including visibility, public relations and advocacy)

– Project management skills

– Organizational development and capacity building skills

– English fluency

– Flexibility and willingness to lead a basic life

– Ready to work under minimum supervision.

– Creativity and innovativeness