Uganda Volunteer Program

With more than 15 years of experience, we provide the safest and most affordable fully-hosted volunteer experiences. Programs start at just US$2,250  based on a group of 2 and above including airport pickup, accommodation, meals, and 24/7 in-country support. Our flexible booking policy means you can make free changes and volunteer abroad with confidence.

As an organization that represents ethical and fair-traded tourism practice, it is our role and our interest to promote ethical, authentic, and transparently marketed volunteer experiences.

Responsible voluntourism programmes should at the very least benefit host communities and have positive social, economic, and environmental impacts. Justice Tourism Foundation works closely with local communities in Uganda to develop and manage sustainable and empowering initiatives through our volunteer placement program. In the process, we create strong cross-cultural bonds and new global citizens.

Our volunteer Programs offer participants the opportunity to engage in authentic immersion experiences with community members and support projects created and led by the community. The project serves as a vehicle to greater cultural understanding, cross-cultural friendships, and ultimately towards increased global cooperation.

Justice Tourism Foundation Volunteer Program’s mission is twofold:

1. Provide affordable and life-changing volunteer programs, and bring about positive transformation
2. To empower local communities and be the organization of choice for all ethical and  responsible travel

Our people-centered approach focuses on grassroots projects, cultural immersion, and travel learning opportunities, and offers memorable experiences to our international volunteers.

Justice Tourism Foundation Volunteer Program was set up to provide affordable, high-quality, and flexible volunteering projects for people wishing to volunteer abroad.  The organization is built on ten strong foundations that we try to provide every volunteer with: affordability, flexibility, quality, support, safety, friendship, need, loyalty, experience, and enjoyment.

We believe that Justice Tourism Foundation stands tall in our sector, providing far more than just a glorified holiday, which some organizations offer. Instead, we offer sustainable, high-calibre experiences, with tailored professional support right from the point of application onwards.

Enrolling in a Justice Tourism Foundation Volunteer program is easy. Simply fill out an online application with a deposit fee of $250, which is required to validate and initiate the application process. It will only take you a short time to complete this online application form. However, to simply start the placement process, an upfront deposit of $250 is needed, which will be deducted from the total program fee. This deposit fee is nonrefundable! You can make your payment via a bank wire transfer to the Justice Tourism Foundation Bank Account. Please click here to access our bank account details for your fee payment.

Once we receive your application and the program deposit fee, we begin to arrange your placement. If, during this process, we determine that we are unable to accept your application or are unable to place you in the program you have applied for, we will refund your deposit fee. If you decide not to participate in the program or wish to cancel for any other reason, the deposit fee is non-refundable.

Consider the burden of hosting volunteers. It takes a lot of time and money for an organization to take on volunteers. The volunteer’s contribution should be greater than the resources they consume during their volunteer placement.

In some cases, people who are considering volunteering or doing an internship overseas sometimes express surprise at being asked to pay a program fee or fundraise for the project that they will be working on. However, it needs to be remembered that volunteering and internship can be an expensive undertaking, with possible costs including transport, accommodation, food, administration, training, on-the-ground support, and potentially, medical and other insurance. Most local organizations, such as the Justice Tourism Foundation, cannot cover these costs unless the volunteering work or internship for that particular volunteer will make a significant contribution to our work, or unless we are in receipt of substantial financial support, for example, from regular public donations or from International financial grants. In our case, Justice Tourism Foundation is a social tourism organization that is 100% financially self-supported through its program fees revenue, individual financial contributions, and from our tourism trip programs. We are therefore seeking volunteers and interns who will be ASSETS to our organization, who understand the needs of the rural communities in the developing world, and are ready and willing to contribute their time and financial resources rather than becoming a drain on us.

What is included in my costs?

Housing, 3 meals per day, accommodation, orientation, in-country support, as well as project supervision. Please see the price quotes below: