WHAT A VOLUNTEER TRIP IS  |  WHAT IT IS NOT  |  WHAT TO EXPECT TO DO  |  COST  |  ORPHANAGE POLICY

 

​WHAT AN AFRICAN PROMISE EXPEDITION IS:

An expedition is an opportunity for you to have a cultural exchange with some of the most beautiful people in the world. In addition you will live in a village for a week and still have some of the comforts of home. Although we participate in community service, we find that participants come home with the feeling that “they” have been helped. Going on an expedition can be trans-formative for those who show up with an open heart. Uganda has a way of cracking your heart wide open and often brings out your best self through friendship and connection! We also have opportunities for cultural and adventure experiences that can include a safari, Nile River boat cruise, singing and dancing with locals, home visits building a classroom and spending time with students at Cornerstone Leadership Academy.

 

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WHAT AN A.P.E TRIP IS NOT

+ A vacation
+ A quick fix, the solution to poverty
+ An opportunity to "save" Africans

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​WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO DO

+ Mud a classroom or a building
+ Spend time with Cornerstone Leadership Academy students
+ Visit home-bound senior citizens 
+ Build relationships with students
+ Milk cows with a local farmer
+ Distribute menstrual kits and teach girls/ladies about hygiene and health
+ Work side by side  African Hospitality Institute students and learn how to cook chipati
+ Craft shopping
+ Work together with community members on projects such as painting
+ Meet and working with African Promise Foundation beaders (Gulu Trips only)
+ Build Rocket Stoves (Gulu only)
+ Dig a well (Gulu only)
+ Spend time with locals singing and dancing around a fire
+ Go on safari and a Nile River Boat Cruise to Murchison Falls
+ Participate in interactive workshops
+ Meditate and learn Mindfulness
+ Connect with your authentic self
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COST OF A TRIP

$3500 PLUS the cost of airfare, (which varies throughout the year, summer average is about $1400-$2000, winter $700-$1200). Your program fee will cover your lodging, food, water, ground transportation, leader's fees, work supplies and projects/services given while in country. 

​NOT COVERED IN PROGRAM FEE
+ Visa ($50)
+Airport meals, Sodas, meal on the last night
+ Souvenirs
​+ Travel insurance (about $35 for basic)


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OUR ORPHANAGE VISITING POLICY
​& WHY WE DON'T DO IT

APE does not support and will not visit orphanages for the purpose of holding babies and playing with children.  We firmly believe that having outsiders come into the environment of already vulnerable children can further damage their development.  If we ever interact with an orphanage or children's home it is to offer support to them in an unobtrusive way.  APE fully supports and endorses family preservation, reunification and resettlement with relatives.  Participants should education themselves on the harm orphanage volunteering "tourism" can do.
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