Volunteer Uganda School

                                                        Homestay Owino

Travellers and tourists who don't want to be just ordinary tourists and don't want to volunteer at the school have the opportunity to stay with Moses Owino, the volunteer project manager, and his extended family. By doing so, they will experience life in Africa in a way that isn't fully possible by staying in a hotel or guest house or even camping.

At the same time, guests will have the pleasure of knowing that the small profit from their accommodation fee will go straight to Kyabiwa Primary School funds to buy resources and develop the school for the benefit of the current children and the future generations.

Guests will live in the family compound in their own room with new bed, mosquito net, bedside table, chair, bookcase and hanging for clothes. Breakfast will be provided. Guests may also have lunch and dinner. Lunch is 2000 shillings - less than $1 and dinner is 7000 shillings - just over $3.



Accommodation including breakfast is just 28600 shillings a night - approximately $13.

Guests will be allowed to visit the school to meet the staff and children.
They will inevitably visit local people in their homes.
They will be able to go to church with the local families - there are several churches in the area. St Kizito's in Bujagali has lovely singing. Even if you are not religious, it is one way to meet the local people and get to know them a little.
Guests will be able to participate in any of the household and small holding activities if they wish.
They will witness life as it moves in and out of the compound - the weekly cloth and material salesman, the knife grinder, the people coming to buy simple medications from Moses, the extended family visiting etc etc.

In short, just living with the family is such a fascinating experience that you may not want to venture far from home!

But if you do, there are many attractions for you to visit in the local area. Here are some of them:

Jinja town
Jinja market
The Source of the Nile
The Bujagali Falls  - see the spectacular falls before they are drowned by the new dam, white water rafting, kayaking, boat trip on the river
The site of the new Bujagali Dam
The swimming pool at the Nile Resort
Visit one or more of the islands on Lake Victoria
Visit Masese and Soweto slums - but please do not do so without a local guide or you will get lost!
Sipi Falls
Visit Kampala for the day and see the Ndere Troupe in their Saturday evening show before returning home to the family


If you think you would enjoy living with the family and having a true experience of Ugandan daily life, rather than just being an average tourist, please email Moses through the Contact page or using Moses' email owinomoses22@yahoo.com  

Please state that your enquiry is about Homestay so that Moses knows that you don't want to volunteer.