Overview
We welcome all! Volunteers, Tourists, Backpackers and other travelers who are looking for simplicity and comfort in a warm, friendly and natural environment. We are a community based non-profit organization empowering vulnerable communities of Kyampisi Subcounty, Mukono District.
The Ssamba Foundation is using tourism to stimulate local economic growth and social change through our charity, volunteering, accommodation and safari experiences in Uganda. Our organization plays a central role in improving the quality of life of rural communities of Mukono District, Uganda.
We’re only 20 minutes from the center of Mukono Town, so you have easy access to everything the town has to offer, though our grounds are peaceful and serene… the perfect balance.
We offer comfortable accommodation at our Kyampisi Backpackers Home. Expert advice on how to get the best out of Uganda, including great value trips to National Parks and other areas of outstanding natural beauty. A fantastic dining area offering home cooked food. A range of games and other activities, as well as special events venue, plus community service opportunities.
Volunteering Opportunities in Uganda
Ssamba Foundation is a registered non-profit community development organization founded by Rotarian Isaac Ssamba in Mukono, Uganda. Operating in Mukono district, we manage a wide range of sustainable development and humanitarian projects since 2006.
Ssamba Foundation provides long-term sustainable solutions to problems in rural Uganda which are mainly caused by poverty. Together with the communities we serve we have identified 5 key areas where change needs to have a positive impact if poverty is to become a challenge of the past. – Water | Education | Agriculture | Social-Economic | Health
The organization designs and conducts programs which contribute to the welfare and social productivity of disadvantaged individuals and communities with an emphasis on children, youth and women.
Ssamba Foundation addresses some of the most pervasive problems in rural Uganda, including poor healthcare systems, hunger, and poor education system, access to clean drinking water, environment degradation and extreme poverty.
In addition, the foundation focuses on empowering the youth of Uganda through leadership and skills training. The organization is founded on the principles that our common humanity is more important than our individual differences. We therefore operate on a non-political, non-denominational, and non-sectarian basis, welcoming each and every Ugandan in need.
Volunteering Opportunities in Uganda
Ssamba Foundation recruits and host willing, non-skilled and skilled volunteers within our projects in Mukono District and across the country. Volunteering in Uganda with us is an amazing way to gain an insight into the culture of a country. By volunteering with a sustainable and responsible project you will not only become part of the community you work with, but will also be making a valuable contribution to long term solutions for the community served by the project you work with.
Since 2006, Ssamba Foundation volunteers continue to make community development impact in Mukono District and Uganda at large. We are a volunteer-valued organization offering quality affordable volunteer projects in Uganda. With wide-ranging volunteer opportunities to use your expertise and compassion, you will be able to give back, improve the lives of those less fortunate, and truly make a difference in this increasingly complex, interconnected world.
Volunteering in Uganda through Ssamba Foundation is extremely affordable, low cost and budget friendly. As a volunteer participant, you are also responsible for your flight, visas and living costs.
The volunteer placements organized by Ssamba Foundation are with local projects and will be the most rewarding part of your stay. We arrange volunteer placements in Uganda at a variety of different projects falling under a number of categories. Most of these projects are working towards long term sustainability.
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Customer Reviews (2)
It has been the most humbling, eye opening and wonderful experience
I have spent two months in Kyampisi. This has been the best time of my life. The people are so cordial. I directly felt like being home. Once I got to Uganda, everyone was very happy to help and very supportive. I had an amazing time at my project teaching Spanish.
I worked in a local high school and helped the classroom with Spanish lessons, I taught 3 classes. The children were eager and motivated to learn. I was encouraged by Mr. Ssamba to teach Spanish lessons and it turned out to be a really good experience and I enjoyed to be a teacher although that were really exhausting days.
At the end of my volunteer project, I ended my time here with a weeklong safari to Bwindi for Gorilla trekking experience and Queen Elizabeth national park, all organized by Mr. Ssamba.
After the school teaching, I went to the gardens and I always joined the family on farm work, planting beans, matooke (bananas), and feeding the chicken at the volunteer house. Sandy my sister who runs the house was a wonderful host throughout my stay and she is the kindest most loving person you can imagine.
The people I have met have all been so wonderful and with the biggest hearts. There is so much to see and do here. I am very sad to leave Kyampisi, it has been the most humbling, eye opening and wonderful experience. Thank you to everyone who has opened their hearts to me. Uganda truly is a very beautiful place.
The best free volunteer program in Uganda
My trip to Uganda with Ssamba Foundation was incredible. I went for six weeks, and enjoyed every moment of it!! The activities were explorative, the wildlife was mind-boggling, the scenery was awe-inspiring and the staff were utterly fantastic.
This is not my first time volunteering but it is my first time volunteering anywhere abroad. At first, I didn’t know what to expect so I was a little apprehensive but pleasantly surprised when I got there. As an Aussie I can confirm this is the best free volunteer program in Uganda and in the world.
The teaching out there is challenging and rewarding, especially when you get to talk to the locals and begin to understand how much difference you can make to improve lives.
I can honestly say that “I really did not want to leave!”. I hope that, when you consider doing this project, you understand that yes it is an adventure and yes it is a once in a life time experience; but also you get as much as you put in.
The whole experience was brilliant for me. Simply living in the rural jungle and going back to basics, cooking lunch and dinner for each other every day and enjoying a truly communal atmosphere was totally unique and wonderful.
I learnt so much from the endless knowledge of the staff members, more especially Hon. Isaac Ssamba, the Founder and George my daily contact, and learnt even more about myself from simply going out there on my own and seeing how I coped. I took some excellent photos, I grew as a person and I made some now beloved friends in the process.
I would highly recommend this project for anybody who is outgoing, adventurous and enjoys having simply an amazing time.