Project Life
Volunteer with the Jane Goodall Institute in Uganda

Entebbe:

The volunteer will be given an orientation to Uganda, JGI-Uganda, Roots & Shoots and the other projects when they first arrive in country. A training workshop will be held for Roots & Shoots leaders within the first half of each year and so volunteers during this time will help to develop and run this workshop. Visits will also be made to the current groups during the time that the volunteer is in the country. The volunteer will be able to go and help some of the groups in the Entebbe/Kampala area with their Roots & Shoots projects. They will also help out with other education work that is going on at that time.

While in Entebbe, the volunteer will be expected to work normal office hours but should be prepared to put in some overtime and weekend work.

Other Districts:

Time will be spent in two rural districts that both offer a very different experience: Bushenyi District in the South West and Masindi three hours North of Kampala. The volunteer will live at the forest edge at both sites, and will be involved with both the Roots & Shoots groups in the area and the Environmental Education programme run from the sites.

Time Frame:

These times may change depending on what education activities are happening and the school terms

Project Activities

The Jane Goodall Institute-Uganda is working for the long-term survival of this species. Their projects, past and present, include the following activities:

• Snare removal programmes in both Kibale Forest and Budongo Forest, in collaboration with the Kibale Chimpanzee Project and the Budongo Forest Project respectively
• Census programme (a study of the wild populations of chimpanzees) in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society
• An environmental Outreach Awareness Programme, which travels around Uganda holding workshops, sensitising local communities about the importance of wildlife, wildlife laws and providing environmental education (including ways to reduce our impact on the environment), as well as distributing educational materials
• Habituation of chimpanzees for eco-tourism at Kanyanchu Tourist Centre, Kibale National Park, in collaboration with the Uganda Wildlife Authority
• Kalinzu Education Programme at the Kalinzu Forest Reserve and the Busingiro Education Programme at Budongo Forest Reserve, which both bring school children from the surrounding primary schools to learn about the importance of the forest by experiencing it first hand and participate in a number of environmental education activities
• Providing technical advice on human/chimpanzee conflict resolutions around the country.