Visitors and volunteers

If you would like to volunteer at Child of Hope in Uganda or simply visit its work there, this page contains the information to help you. We’d love to hear from you! Or to volunteer help at the UK end, please scroll down the page.

For a trip to Uganda, please first complete our application form. Our visitors’ and volunteer co-ordinator, Lisa Francis, will supply you with a full information pack for your potential visit. This will include all the details you need on immunisations.

One slight word of warning… healthcare facilities are not the same as in the West and you will need to think hard about a visit if you are allergic to nuts or fruit, or suffer from a chronic condition which could have acute consequences (eg angina, uncontrolled diabetes, uncontrolled asthma, severe allergies, etc). Also – for cultural reasons – smoking and alcohol are not permitted during a visit.

Visits to Mbale can be expensive; costs include accommodation, food, transport, flights and sight-seeing. Our information pack gives you all the details. Child of Hope has no funds to support visitors or volunteers, so you will need to cover all your costs.

But don’t let any of that stop you! Time spent volunteering with Child of Hope or even during a short visit may change your whole outlook on life and will certainly challenge and fulfill you! Click here for the volunteer form.

If you’d like additional information, please e-mail Lisa.

UK volunteers

As an expanding charity at the UK end, there are always things to be done! All our UK staff are volunteers operating from their homes, and if you'd like to join the team, please e-mail our chairman Phil Dowding, and he will let you know the current areas that need support. Our office is based in Dorset, so some jobs need to take place near there, but there are others that can be handled from pretty much anywhere!