“Volunteer Uganda have set up a partnership with a local charity called ‘Mend the Broken Hearts’. They work in the district to try and reduce the prevalence of HIV and Aids. Part of their work involves testing for HIV in schools and colleges. The volunteers role is to a talk to students and give them lots of information about HIV, in the hope that this will help to dispel myths and empower young people of Uganda.”- Sarah Morton
“During our stay in Kanungu we had the opportunity to do a HIV awareness talk to 250 students at Great Lakes High School. The students then had the chance to get tested on-site. 52 children did, and all 52 tests came back negative, which gives all those children peace of mind and it allows them to walk away from the talk with a clean bill of health.”- Graeme Littlejohn
“One of my personal highlights of the six weeks was taking part in the HIV talk. It is such a great feeling to know that our presentation had inspired so many young people to get tested. Seeing all the students lining up for a test was quite overwhelming. It’s a moment that will stay with me.”- Tom Lewis
“Week four was the start of summer schools. This meant that we, the volunteers, had complete control of the running of the schools. With 32 volunteers we were able to run two summers schools, at Kirima Parents Primary School and Mothercare Primary School.”- Alan Pooley
“Summer school was so much fun. We taught English, Maths and Science in the mornings and in the afternoons we organised activities in 3 areas; team building, arts, and sport & games”- Leo Maliphant
“Because we didn’t have to stick to the National Curriculum we had so much freedom to teach what we wanted. As a group we devised projects in each subject that would really get the kids thinking. We tried to put a real emphasis on creativity, group work and higher order thinking in our lesson plans, and the children responded fantastically”- Tom Lewis
“In the afternoons we ran activities in sports, arts and team building. This programme was tailored to build up to a sports tournament between all the classes at the end of the week. We organised a sports day at our school and we ran a netball and football competition, both of which were a huge success.”- Charlotte Bea
“At our summer school we devised a house system. Students were awarded points for their house, both in the classroom and on the sports field! We split the children up into four houses: Gorillas, Crocodiles, Elephants and Lions. It really took off and all the kids got into the new system and all tried so hard to win points for their team.”- Joe Wayte
“As a manager of the Gorillas, in the end, I think it’s fair to say, in my totally unbiased opinion, the best team won… GORILLAS!!!!”- Phil Ridd
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