“The last week of teaching in schools was really emotional. The 5 weeks just flew by and it really didn’t feel right to be leaving so soon. I have built up such a great rapport with my class and saying goodbye to them all was so hard.”- Tom Lewis
“My highlight was today, our last day of school. My kids did a final assembly where they all did different dances and different songs just to say thank you and to show how much they appreciated us being there, it was amazing.”- Charlotte Bea
“It’s the best thing I have ever done. The feeling and the experience you get is amazing and I would advise everyone to come!”- Vikesh Patel
“I have gained so much confidence by coming out here and it has been such a great experience. I feel inspired to go and do and teach more children somewhere else, or even come back here and do it all again”- Joe Wayte
“My self confidence has increased massively. Before coming out to Uganda I had never really done any public speaking and I had never taught in schools before so it was quite daunting at first. The staff at VU give you training to equip you with the skills to teach in the schools and it has given me so many new skills to take on to my next jobs”- Marco Tranchina
“It really doesn’t feel right to be leaving. The lodge has become our home from home and all the staff are like family to us now, I think the only way I can cope with leaving Kanungu is by telling myself, I’m coming back next year”- Alan Pooley
“On our last night in Kanungu, we had an amazing leaving party at the lodge. It was a perfect way to celebrate a fantastic 6 weeks. The next day we had to say goodbye to all the VU staff and make the long drive back to Kampala, which no one was looking forward to.”- Tom Lewis
“In Kampala we stayed at Backpackers Hostel. We all got chance to go to a craft market to buy presents for our friends and family back home, which was really cool.”- Grace Seller
“On our very last night we went to a restaurant called ‘Open House’ where we split up into teams and had one big cook off. It was a really nice thing to do on our last night as a group.”- Dave Judge
“The restaurant also had a TV so we could all watch the big football match. I would eight-two have been an Arsenal fan that night.” Anon
“Backpackers is such a great base whilst in Kampala. It’s so nice to have a few home comforts, especially the hot showers”- Joe Turnbull
“And that wraps up an incredible 6 weeks. There is so much crammed into 6 weeks that inevitably, regrettably there are probably lots of things that haven’t been mentioned in the blog that are no doubt blog worthy! However, I hope there is enough here to give readers a taste of what 6 weeks in the life of a volunteer is like.”- Tom Lewis
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