🌍 Volunteer in Uganda as a Communication, PR & Media Officer with ADRA – Empower Communities through Your Skills 🇺🇬

Are you ready to use your creative media skills to create real social change? 🌱 Join ADRA and CEFOVID-UG in Kampala, Uganda, as a Communication, PR & Media Officer through the European Solidarity Corps and support one of the most impactful community empowerment projects in East Africa!

📢 About the Project

The “Community Empowerment for Village Development Uganda” (CEFOVID-UG) initiative supports disadvantaged slum residents — especially girls and women — by providing training in sewing, tailoring, entrepreneurship, and social services access. Your role will be essential in boosting the organization’s visibility, online engagement, and fundraising success.

🛠️ Volunteer Tasks

• Develop and implement effective communication strategies
• Manage social media: create content, engage followers, monitor trends
• Organize and support public events and media activities
• Produce visuals: video editing, photography, design
• Track PR campaign effectiveness and support online fundraising efforts

🏡 Accommodation & Logistics

• Shared apartment provided by host (private room) in Kampala
• Food and transport allowance from sending organization
• Volunteers prepare their own meals
• Use of local public transport (matatus and boda bodas)

📚 Training & Support

• Pre-departure training (online or in-person)
• On-arrival induction in Uganda
• Language learning encouragement (local dialects used in the community)

👤 Volunteer Profile

• Experience in social media management
• Skills in video editing and photography
• Emotionally resilient and open-minded
• Able to work independently in vulnerable community settings
• Creative and flexible problem-solver

📍 Location

8 Miles Hoima Road, Kampala, Uganda

🗓️ Duration

28 weeks between 01 August 2025 – 31 May 2026

🌐 Official Opportunity Page:

https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/46676_en

⏳ Deadline to Apply:

29 June 2025 – 23:59 (CET)