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Full Description:
Individual Short-term Mission Trips:
Short-term missions trips range from 2 weeks to 2 months. Volunteers are welcome to come as individuals and join our weekly outreach programs and work in areas of praise and worship, skits and drama, games and crafts and sharing the love of Christ with the most vulnerable youth of Uganda. Volunteers also work in a project of their choice. Many people come volunteer in orphanages, babies’ homes, join a sports ministry outreach to street children, teach in a school for orphans and vulnerable children, teach in a school for handicapped children, or work in a medical clinic.
Costs
* 2 weeks $700
* 3-4 weeks $900
* 5-6 weeks $1,000
* Two months $1,250
Group Short-term Mission Trips:
Churches, youth groups, and small groups are welcome to partner with us in short-term mission trips. These mission trips are usually about two weeks. The first week the team will join our weekly outreach programs and the second week the team will be in the village helping to build a project that will create self-sustainability and economic empowerment for a family of orphans or the entire village. The trip would end with a three-day safari in one of Uganda’s national parks.
Safaris are conducted by View Africa Tour Specialists, a safari company set-up to give back. 100% of all profits on these safaris go back to support the work of Empower A Child. See them at www.viewafricasafari.com.
Note: If you are an individual interested in joining a group short-term mission trip we hold one mission trip each summer where individuals join together from different parts of America and the UK for two weeks in Africa. Even if your church cannot come for a mission trip you may still participate in a group trip.
Costs
* $1500-$2000 per person depending on type of building project
(safari included)
3 months and more
If you are interested in committing three months to one year in Uganda you can join Empower A Child longer term as a Ministry Support Team (MST) member. For those interested in coming three months to one year you would assist our full-time staff in weekly outreach programs as well as volunteer at various projects of your choice. As an MST you have the flexibility to volunteer at a projects that coincide with your gifts, talents, and passions. Some volunteers have a heart for babies and toddlers and spend their time in babies’ homes while some may have a passion for teens and work in a street kids home. Many past MST members have even started new programs and created improvements for some of the projects they volunteered at.
Volunteer projects:
Babies’ home
Orphanage
Sports Outreach
School for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
School for Disabled Children
Teen Crisis Pregnancy Center
Village Outreach and Building Projects
Ministry Support Team
Monthly - $600
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| Location Information: |
| Country(s): |
Kenya and Uganda
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| Region(s): |
Eastern Africa
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| Dates: |
| Start date: |
Customizable: Jan-Dec 2012
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| Length: |
1 week to 3 years
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| Demographics of People Being Ministered To: |
| Who: |
Orphans, street kids, youth, vulnerable children, prisoners, widows
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| People Group(s): |
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| Religion/Beliefs: |
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| Training and Debriefing: |
| Pre-field Training: |
No
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| Post-field Debrief: |
No
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Relation of Opportunity to National Church
and/or Long-term Goals: |
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Short-term mission volunteer work alongside the staff and Ugandan volunteers during all the outreaches who carry out the programs week to week. Ideas shared by short-term volunteers are usually implemented into the long term activities of the projects.
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| Finances: |
| Funds needed: |
*see notes below or inquire for details
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| Other: |
Individual Short-Term
2 weeks - $700
3-4 weeks - $900
5-6 weeks - $1,000
2 months - $1,250
Group Trips
$1,700 for group building project [safari included] minimum 6 people.
3 Months or More
$600 Monthly
Participants need to pay for: Airfare, health/travel insurance, visa, and personal spending money
Note: All trips have a one-time $200 administration fee
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| Participant Information, Recommendations, Requirements: |
| Participant Age: |
Jr. High, Sr. High, College, Adult, and Seniors
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| Eligible to Go: |
Individuals, Groups [max size 50], Married Couples, and Families
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| Education / Experience: |
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| Languages: |
English is the national language.
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| Other: |
Check out an overview of what we do on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzX9tVwKSh0
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| Application Information: |
| How to apply: |
* 1. Download an application from www.empower-a-child.org
* 2. Fill out application and provide 3 references.
* 3. Email application to abbie@empower-a-child.org
* 4. After reviewing your application we will contact you to set-up a phone interview.
* 5. Upon approval you will receive a letter of acceptance and you will start working with our Volunteer Coordinator on all the details of your trip.
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| Application: |
link to application form
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Inquire Now
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