VOLUNTEERING AS WORK
“…my children know that whenever I leave home every morning I am going to work. But, personally knowing how work is defined, I know that I am actually a volunteer because I don’t get a salary on a monthly basis. So, on the other hand, I am working to support my community to provide some of the solutions to their problems. I call it work and at the same time I call it volunteering to support them. So actually, to me at the moment it is very difficult to separate the two.”
- Male refugee, Kampala
“Hard work pays”
Brick-making and making of concrete drums used in construction of houses and water channels are some of the volunteering activities done by youths.
Photo by Jean Harabagenzi (Kampala)
“Volunteering can take place anywhere”
She is a family member; I went one day to visit her she was selling those bananas on the road. So, I really said, she's really volunteering on the road selling bananas…
Photo by Denilson Polepole (Kampala)
“Youth in backyard farming”
This is a group of youths volunteering in agrobusiness.
Photo by Oliver Waro (Bidibidi)