About Our Volunteers

Carolyn Agee and Sandra Calhoun volunteered for the period of one month. They came from the USA to spend time in Uganda. They were the pioneer volunteers of the Youth League Organisation. Their voluntary services paved the way for other volunteers all over the world. During their service they took love, compassion and working together as first priority. Your Initial services will continue to bless the targeted beneficiaries.

Richard Rix from the UK also volunteered for the period of one month. During his service the organization succeeded perfectly in our outreach programs which involves mobilisation of communities about the prevention of HIV/AIDS and also healthy living when HIV positive.

In our Orphanage school (Divine Mercy Day and Boarding Primary School) the orphans used to sleep without beds, on very old mattresses on the floor. There is now a promising end. Richard contributed many mattresses and beds to the school for the orphans and vulnerable children which improved their livelihood and academic standards at school. He created a landmark to their welfare. Not only did he create that but he also actively participated in the teaching and provided advice and support to the staff. From now and in the future the organization will respect you, your love and compassion towards mankind.

Like Richard, Baibre Munnis was a volunteer for The Youth League Organisation at the same time. She was dedicated to fulfill the aims and objectives of the organisation. She was committed to teaching the Pupils at Divine Mercy and giving community talks on HIV/AIDS awareness in local villages. She and her grandmother have committed to sponsoring two children. She has also provided them all the necessary schooling materials and clothing. They now look like good pupils and their bright future is calling. The organisation thanks god for the gift of Baibre and her grandmother, aged 90 for that kind of generosity towards Ugandan children.

We still need more volunteers, charitable offers, donations, capacity building and sharing of information. We, at The Youth League believe that "together as one we will make the world a better place to live".

For people wishing to work with the organisation as volunteers please contact youthleagueorganisation@yahoo.co.uk

Tel +256 782 037 509

Friday, November 9, 2007

From Amy and James

During our time one of the main things we did was put together an HIV awareness file for the youth league. It has basic information about staying healthy when HIV+, how HIV is transmitted and how to avoid infection. Please continue to add to the file if at all possible. Kayiira has it.

When we left we had developed a schools outreach program using the file. We were giving talks in the local schools about HIV/AIDS. This involved a short drama on how HIV works in the body. We drew on huge cards about transmission myths and facts, how to avoid infection and how to stay healthy when HIV+. At the end of the talks we would give the cards to the school for them to display. It would be great if this could carry on. (All the info on the talks is in the file)

Please make sure Frank and Kayiira use the file and it is not just kept for show!

We also wrote a proposal for the Belgian embassy asking for money towards the HIV program. If there are any other grants available this proposal can be used for a starting point. It is very detailed so it could be very helpful. Kayiira has a hard copy on CD. (along with a hard copy of the HIV resource file.) NB This has now been submitted as of November 19th.

We noticed that neither Frank nor Kayiira can use a computer very well. We put them on a computer course with MACRO and it was going very well but as we left it seemed they were not always attending. (There were family issues which stopped them some times however). Try and get them to check their own emails and write their own emails as it will be great practice and it will stop their dependency on volunteers.

The Youth League is a great networking agency. They are very good at meeting the people in the villages and putting them in touch with other organisations. Try and encourage them to keep doing this as it is a huge strength of theirs and I feel they do not realise how much good they are doing. They talk a lot about setting up an internet cafe but neither of them knows about computers, they do not have the money or the man power. It will take them completely away from their strengths.

Over all I want to say The Youth League is a great organisation to work with. Frank, Kayiira and Daos are such warm and friendly people. Make sure Frank and Kayiira know your strengths and if you want to really get stuck in, keep pushing them!

Amy and James

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