Project Care Volunteering organises group volunteering trips for university students to schools and colleges for disadvantaged young people in India and Uganda.

It was founded in 2012 and has since coordinated 15 group volunteering trips, raising over £100,000 towards transformational education projects, including sanitation projects and the building of new school infrastructure (such as classrooms, playgrounds, toilets and kitchens).

What makes us different?

As a charity:

- 100% of donations received by us reach our partner schools

- No one within the charity receives a salary or other reimbursement

- Each of our Trustees has previously volunteered at our partner schools

- We do not charge any administration or other fees for the trips

For volunteers:

- A low and achievable fundraising target is set for volunteers

- Affordable accommodation, meals and transfers costs

- Support and training before and during the trips, including a full-day in person workshop

- No local language skills or prior teaching experience required

- Immersion in the local community

- Simple application and enrolment process

Currently organise trips to:

- Navchetan Andhjan Mandal School, a school for children with a variety of physical and mental impairments in Bhuj, Gujarat in India

- Himalayan Buddhist Cultural Association School, the only school providing both education and residential facilities in a remote location in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains in Manali, Himachal Pradesh in India

- Auro Technical School, a vocational college providing courses in hairdressing, tailoring, bricklaying and carpentry in the rural town of Pajwenda near Tororo in Uganda

For further information, please contact projectcareuk1@gmail.com

For more details, please see https://www.projectcare.org.uk/