Challenge:

Netball

Destination:

*Uganda

Departure Dates From:

24/05/2008

The work that Madventurers have the option of doing in Jinja can be divided into four principal areas: Mornings may be spent in Main Street Primary School, Between 9am and 1pm there are opportunities to assisting teachers with PE lessons which cover the following subjects; Athletics, General Fitness and Diet and Lifestyle discussions.

In the afternoon you can head back to Main Street Primary School, where you can offer netball coaching to the school netball team and prepare them for local netball gala's and competitions. Evening coaching is possible at Kakindu Stadium (5-7pm). Here you can be work with 2 local youth teams, Jinja Municipal Council Team and Alidina Team. Both these teams play to a high standard and play at a national level.

You may work with their already well established coaches but have the opportunity to explore your own ideas whilst studying their existing coaching methods. The stadium is located in Jinja town centre and is also a base for your fellow Madventurer Football Coaches. If you want to experience a more rural setting then you can add the school below to your morning schedule;Masese Co Primary School [founded 1927] is located in one of Jinja's poorer districts about 4km outside the town centre with beautiful views out onto Lake Victoria. The local community suffered greatly in the general in decline during the 1980s.

Recovery is well under way and the school has around 1700 pupils, but numbers fluctuate as children choose to remain at home to help their families or, particularly in the case of orphans, to stay on the streets in the nearby slums and try to make a quick buck or pursue other distractions. Regular sports education has the potential to attract them back to their educations, and the opportunity to play sport may greatly benefit those children already in regular attendance.

*Location* Our Madvenurer medical projects are based in Jinja, southern Uganda, located by Lake Victoria on the source of the River Nile. Jinja is a spacious, relaxed town with a market, matatu [a large minibus that acts as a shuttle] park, internet cafes, post office, bars [for cold soft drinks or beers], cafes and small shops that will provide most essentials and a little bit more.

Transport is provided by matatus and boda-bodas (bicycles or small motorcycles [pikipikis). Jinja is about one and a half hours away from Kampala, Uganda's more bustling capital, which is home to a lively nightlife. The area surrounding Jinja is very green, with thick vegetation. itself is renowned for its birdlife and is home to many wild animals, perhaps most famously the gorilla, with half of the worlds population resident within the country.

It is possible to access some beautiful scenery in the surrounding areas, and for the more adventurous there is the opportunity to test yourself against the mighty White Nile whilst white water rafting, face the Nile High Bungee jump or go quad biking in nearby Bujigali. An hour and a half away is Kampala, the vibrant capital of Uganda. There is a wealth of things to do in this attractive city, whether it's browsing around the famous Owino market; indulging in some western luxuries in the shopping centre, or relaxing around a pool in the hot sun. Kampala's bustling nightlife always promises a good night out.

Accommodation: You will live in a shared house with a madventurer crew and other venturers who will be working in teaching, healthcare, football coaching or orphanage and work in the week with weekends free to explore.

What's included: All meals, accommodation and transport is provided and our experienced crew arrange airport pick you up's , introduce the project and organise it's structure. They have responsibility to be on-hand for 24 hour support, assistance and to share their insider knowledge of Ghana!