Community Health Worker

About the Program

Healthcare is essential for the survival and development of the women, children and their entire families. And good health does contribute massively to the development and the ability to escape poverty for the poor communities.

The volunteer program will promote and deliver healthcare to the poor women and families living in isolated and hard to reach areas. The health  volunteers will work as health coach, advisors, educators, liaison, promoters, outreach workers and counselors. 

The volunteer program will help the women and families to learn about maternal health, childcare, nutrition, preventable illness, diabetes, high blood pressure, malaria and diseases that affect life and their prevention. The volunteer will in addition learn about how to build “Tippy Taps” near their toilets so that hand washing after toilet use is easy. With Tippy Taps build near the toilets, families’ health improves and saves lives of the women, children and household members.

You will be working in rural setting and in the communities with poor healthcare services and with no medical facility present. In the community where you will be working, the people here walk over 15 kilometres to access a medical facility.

You Role as a Volunteer

The volunteer working on this volunteer program will be required to carry some health materials about the different health issues affecting women such as maternal health, nutrition, childcare, malaria, typhoid, HIV/AIDS among others. Materials such as charts illustrating the process to better hygiene, gloves, water purifiers such as water guard and organize information prior setting off to the volunteer trip. You are also encouraged to carry along any materials that you think can support you as you carry out your role of Hygiene and Sanitation Educator.

While in Uganda, you will be working with village health workers, local leaders, teachers in school and the staff to make the program more effective. 

Tasks for volunteers:

SustainMe offers a flexible work schedule for the Volunteers.

Our workday typically starts at 8:30am when every staff and volunteer is expected to be at the office. Every Monday morning we have a meeting to review our previous work and also look at the way forward. 

Our workday runs from 8:30am to 4:30 pm. All the field activities are planned in advance and transportation done accordingly.

Uganda, the Pearl of Africa"  is filled and endowed with a lot of interesting activities that you can participate in during your Free time, Let us explore them below:

Visit the Source of the Nile. During your free time, you will have an opportunity to visit the Source of River Nile. The Nile river is the longest river in the world at 4,135 miles (6,650 kilometers). Our organization is located the River, so it is a beautiful activity out.

White Water Rafting: White water rafting is an activity carried out on River Nile. During your free time you can enjoy while water rafting and enjoy the breeze and the water falls.

Bike Riding: Taking a bike ride around the community and the town of Jinja is much relaxing

Cultural dance: Uganda is blessed with diverse cultures, while here you can have the time to participate in the different cultural dances and also attend some concerts where the dances are carried out.

Craft Shopping: Jinja, the town where we are located has a lot of shops selling African crafts. A free time can be spend by shopping and touring the several shops and enjoy the African culture through crafts.

Tour some of the Largest Forests: Spend time touring forests around Jinja, Uganda

Visit National Parks: Uganda is blessed with numerous national parks with beautiful animals and birds. You get the opportunity to do bird watching, animals and reptiles.