LaSwap Community Development Project 2010
Jinja, Uganda16th July - 30th July 2010 (2 weeks)Background
Following the success if the 2009 LaSwap tailored project we recruited a team of volunteers from LaSwap in London to go back to Jinja to work with the community they had previously made links with. They were asked to create a community Library and carried out a large amount of gardening work.
The Project
The project involved working at local schools delivering English language classes and cultural exchanges. The project also included setting up small libraries at the schools, including publicizing the library and setting up a book borrowing system. And an additional element of the project was to develop a model home garden to grow produce for consumption and sell at local markets.
Students were asked to fundraise a set amount of money to cover flights, food, local transport and accommodation. Most of the services we use on the project, such as accommodation, food and transport, are sourced from the community you will be working in to help stimulate the local economy.
The fundraising also went towards the community in two ways. One part helps to set up a microfinance fund in the community, which is used to help local people create livelihoods for themselves. The second part is provided as an infrastructure grant to the community.
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