COST AND ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation:

All teams and MST will stay at the Empower A Child guesthouse in Kampala or Nairobi, which are secure, westernized houses. Even though the houses are westernized, Kampala and Nairobi are still African cities meaning there may be no electricity in the houses 2-3 nights a week and on occasion no running water. The atmosphere at the guesthouses is community-oriented. You'll be living with other international volunteers and a few of the Empower A Child Ugandan and Kenyan staff members, giving you a chance to get to know the team very well. In Uganda, there is also a front patio and grass areas around the compound for quiet times and moments of solitude

During village trips accommodations may range from simple guesthouses to a mattresses on the floor of a school, church, or host’s house. If you’d like to stay with a family during your village visit and live as they do, that can be arranged.

food:

What will I eat?  Breakfast usually consists of toast, eggs, and tea.  During the weekdays lunches are prepared for the entire team. The normal lunches are beans and rice.  The international volunteers and staff that live in the guesthouse take turns cooking dinner.  Dinners can range from the typical Ugandan or Kenyan meal to simple American meals such as spaghetti. The typical Ugandan meal is meat or beans mixed and fried with vegetables, rice, matooke (a boiled plantain) posho/ugali (mixed cornmeal), and potatoes.  Fruits, such as pineapple and bananas are typically around the house as a snack. Vegetables, such as carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, and cabbage are stocked in the fridge for salads.

We advise you to bring some spending money for westernized meals outside the guesthouse. You can usually find burgers, pizza, fries/chips, and chicken drumsticks in fast food restaurants around Kampala and Nairobi. You should also consider bringing snacks from home: beef jerky, trail mix, cookies, crackers, chips, granola bars, and power bars.

These are third world countries and do not have the mass selection of food that you are used to, so be prepared

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