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UGANDAReceptionBooklet

GORILLA EDITION

Survival Guide

WelcomePreparationAccommodationBudget & MoneyCommunicationsTransport

HealthCountry Experience

FoodArrival

AIESEC UgandaContacts

Table of Contents

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Welcome!

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3 Reasons

to visit Uganda1. warm people

2. diverse culture

3. amazing nature

We are very happy that you are coming to Uganda!

information that we hope shall enable you integrate with the Ugandan

society as well as making your exchange a memorable experience of a life time.

We wish you the best and are looking forward to hosting you.

Our Sincere RegardsAIESEC in Uganda

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DON’T LEAVE HOME

WITHOUT• passport• photocopy of passport• torch• camera• mosquito repellant• travel insurance• wind and waterproof jacket• yellow fever vaccination

• personal medications• bedsheets• towel• laptop• power adapter (British 240V,

50Hz)• formal and casual clothes• toiletries• money (cash / ATM)• mobile phone (unlocked for

Ugandan SIM card)• mosquito net / repellant / coil• sun glasses• swim suit• embassy contacts• photocopy of TN form• acceptance note• other documents

night in highland areas, including

are January and February, when the daytime range is 27° to 29°C in most of the south and up 32°C in the

are March to May and October to November, the wettest month being April. In the north the wet season is from April to October. During the wet seasons the average rainfall is 175 mm per month and the humidity is higher but never oppressive.

Religion85% of the population is Christian, split evenly between Catholics and Protestants, including a growing number born-agains. Muslims, mostly northerners, compose about 12% of

small but devout group of native Ugandans living around Mbale who practice Judaism.

Daily lifeUgandans are a very polite and friendly people, and will often greet strangers on public transport or while

comes not just with a simple «hello» but also with an inquiry into how they and their family is doing; and the interest is genuine. In fact, though people likely would never show it, you

you don’t at least ask «How are you?» before asking a question or beginning a conversation. In fact, if you just say «Hello», you’ll often get a response of

expecting a more personal greeting.Life in Uganda has been one long

series of upheavals for the older generations, while the younger

from the newfound stability. Society has changed completely in urban areas in the past couple of decades, but in

[UGANDA]

the countryside it’s often business as usual.

Music & DanceYou won’t be in Uganda long before you discover that Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers (yes, really!) are the most popular singers here; but there’s plenty of home-grown talent too.

Afrigo Band are one of the longest-running groups in Uganda and their classic Congolese rumba sound, which they haven’t changed in over three decades, is popular with people in all generations. Chameleone, who combines rap and traditional chanting in a cutting-edge combination, and dance hall stars Bebe Cool and Bobi Wine are three other long-time favorites. Maurice

R&B. Suzan Kerunen, who, unlike most of Uganda’s current crop of young singers, insist on singing live,

is one up-and-comer to watch out for.Kampala is the best place to

experience live music and several local bands play at night-clubs each weekend. Try to catch the aforementioned Afrigo Band at Club Obbligato and Maurice Kirya at Rouge every last Tuesday of the month, plus the weekly events at the

To listen to Ugandan music, from hip-hop to northern-style thumb piano playing, log on to:www.musicuganda.com

country are Ndere Troupe. Made up from a kaleidoscope of Ugandan tribes in, they perform traditional dances from all regions of the country.

HandicraftsUganda’s most distinctive craft is bark-cloth, made by pounding the

for clothing and in burial and other ceremonies, these days it’s turned into a multitude of items for sale to tourists including hats, bags, wall hangings, pillows and picture frames.

Ugandans also produce some really

particularly the Toro of the west who have the most intricate designs and still use natural dyes. Traditional

methods have been also adopted to make new items such as table mats and handbags for sale to tourists.

Bugandan drum-makers are well known: the best place to buy is at Mpambire. Uganda also has interesting pottery though all the soapstone carving comes from Kenya and almost all the interesting woodwork in Congolese.

Uganda is Africa condensed, with the best of everything

packed into one small but stunning destination. It’s home to the tallest mountain range in Africa, the glacier-

River, the world’s longest river, surges out of Lake Victoria, the continent’s largest lake. One of the highest concentration of primates in the world, including more than half of all remaining mountain gorillas, roams its forests. And the merging of habitats from eastern, western and northern Africa produces arguably the world’s best best bird-watching. On top of all this a growing variety of activities has made Uganda the adrenaline center of East Africa, there’s no such thing as a crowd in even the most popular national parks and the capital Kampala is safer and friendlier than most in Africa. Winston Churchill called it «Pearl of Africa». He was right.

ClimateAs most of Uganda is at a fairly

mountains only on the eastern (most notably Mt Elgon) and western (the Rwenzoris and the Virungas) borders, the bulk of the country enjoys the same tropical climate, with temperatures averaging about 26°C during the day and about 15°C at night. It gets considerably cooler at

FAST FACTS

• Area 241,038 sq km• Capital Kampala• Birthplace of John

‘The Beast’ Mugabi, professional boxer

• Country code 256• Famous for Idi Amin,

source of the Nile River; white-water rafting

• Languages English, Luganda

• Money Ugandan Shilling (UGX); US$1 = USh2650

• Population 35.8 million

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[preparation for your internship]

[visa and work permit procedures]

We are privileged to be part of your preparation by helping you make the right

preparations. Please download, print and read:

• the TN form and all other attachments

• the project issue (if coming for a project)

We suggest that you read about the Ugandan culture, lifestyle, and economy.Contact the TN (company) ask your TN manager for contacts if

from the TN manager and we highly request that you maintain constant communication with them in case of

organisations have heavy workloads but generally the work schedule can and will be �exible, some organisations may have to develop a work plan while the trainee is there face to face while as others may change or adjust the previous one but

this shall always be through dialogue

a lot of cultural integration and you will need this in order to integrate with the new community. For trainees coming to work on AIESEC projects, like education need to read the curriculum and other project related information as well as more reading about the issues the project aims to address. Getting ThereEntebbe International Airport, which lies 40km from the capital Kampala, is serviced by a number of international airlines including SN Brussels, British Airways, South African Airways, Kenya Airlines, Air Tanzania, Rwandair Express, Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines. Uganda can also be reached overland from Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania.

VISA APPLICATION

1. A passport issued by your government valid for at least six months. Your passport must also be valid past the date of your expected departure from Uganda. (Passport must be signed)

2. One completed Uganda visa application form.

3. Two passport-size photo taken within the past six months.

4. Vaccination for Yellow Fever.

5. Letter from applicant’s company if traveling for business (on company letterhead and signed by someone other than the applicant)

All visitors to the country are required to attain a

home countries, to apply for a Ugandan Visa.Trainees from the East African region and COMESA (Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Mauritius, Zimbabwe and other non AIESEC countries) do not need a visa to enter Uganda but are supposed to register at the border post or Airport of arrival. A single entry visa valid 3 months from issuance costs US$50 (at the entry point), these fees can change without prior notice we highly recommend that you check for updates online before leaving home. However, trainees from China, Nigeria, India are recommended to get a visa in advance, this can be done from the nearest Ugandan consulate, embassy or otherwise.

Trainees staying more than 3 months

extend or apply for a special pass which extends your stay for two more months; this can only be applied for

AIESEC Uganda but the trainee pays the sum of US$50 per special pass.

For more info: www.mofa.go.ug/immigration.html

Trainees who need work permits

six months or beyond and these shall be required to apply for a work permit, a work permit costs US$250 (subject to change without prior notice) and it is recommended that the trainees discusses this with their TN manager. In some cases the TN (partner company) may be generous to pay this amount for the trainees upon negotiation with AIESEC Uganda. We highly recommend those who require a work permit to dialogue with their TN managers so that the process is started early enough as it may require time to process. Information about the work permit, special pass, visa can all be accessed online.

www.mia.go.ug

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[accomodation] [money]

CUTTING COSTSsome tips if you’re trying to cut costs during internship and travelling:• travel in the low season• travel in a group• focus on easely accessed

parks and reserves to minimise transportation costs

• stock up on food and drink in major towns to avoid expensive hotel fare and pricey shops in tourist areas and national parks

• bargain wherever it’s possible

• use public transport• eat local food

MC House

Depending on where you are going to live and work, the accommodation cost and

and the team of AIESEC Uganda can and will help you sort this out if you let your need known.

Trainees in Kampala

in the Member Committee House (MC House) of AIESEC Uganda, it is a well-furnished house with a large court yard, approximately 10 minutes from the city depending on the

intended period at a cost of US$100, and this covers water and electricity.

Kyambogo University which has a house just a few meters from the

hostels around Makerere University

where interns pay US$300 for a semester (Jan-May, Aug-Dec) the fees

bathrooms may be shared and there is a security system with a gate keeper

with beds but laundry machines are

may not be warm showers but the Ugandan way of boiling water before a bath often covers the gap. We suggest you utilize it

while here, Uganda however, is a generally warm country and you may not need a warm shower.

Other traineesSome organisations o�er accommodation to trainees while others are hosted by host families, there may be a chance of the organization arranging accommodation and the trainee can pay for the service, we however recommend that you discuss this with the TN manager.

The legal tender (currency) of Uganda is the Ugandan

other east African currencies in value

notes. We have notes ranging from USh1000 to USh50000 and coins from USh50 to USh500. Uganda has a large chain of Banks and ATMs (Barclays, Stanbic, Standard Chartered, etc) around Kampala and in the country side, these accept VISA and some though few accept Master Cards, you need to inform your home bank that you are travelling so they may not cancel your ATM once they notice transactions from Uganda. We recommend that you carry some cash with you, at least 100$. We suggest that you if you are carrying cash do carry US Dollars as they are common and easy to exchange around all Forex trading bureaus and banks in Kampala. EUROs are also exchanged and British pounds. Do not exchange money with a money trader outside or along a street as you may be given fake notes.Advice: take banknotes of at least

US$50, because exchange rate of US$5,10,20 is disadvantageous.

US$50/100 = USh2650US$5/10/20$ = USh2200

HOW MUCH?• Tracking mountain

gorillas US$300• National park entry

US$25 to US$30• White-water rafting

US$120• Meal at local

restaurant US$1• Daily Monitor

newspaper US$0.60• 1.5-liter bottled water

US$0.6• Souvenir T-shirt US$10• Bell beer US$1.10• Beer US$1• Soda US$0.6• Airtime US$0.1/min

Travel PartnerFERGUSONS

+256775262321

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[communications]

[transport]

Uganda has many telecommunication companies and networks (MTN, Orange,

UTL, Warid, Airtel among others) depending on where one shall travel to, all networks are the same apart from connectivity, the three networks MTN, UTL and Airtel have a wide coverage and their services can be accessed anywhere in the country. Buy a SIM card at the airport upon arrival or around Kampala, this should cost around US$1 to US$2.

Internet Access

cafes around the city and major towns

in the country, here one pays ranging from US$1 (USh2500) per hour and at some places even cheaper. You can also print, scan and photocopy from these places at almost the same prices though can change from one place to another.Also 3G internet modems are commonly used and the above telecom companies also have internet services. �e most advantageous mobile internet service provider in terms of price is Warid (US$1=250Mb). But Orange has stronger signal even in rural places. Both operators provide speed 0.5 to 2.5 Mb/s so you could have comfortable skype calls.

3G modem = US$50 (USh90000)

Check tarifs on:www.utl.co.ugwww.mtn.co.ugwww.orange.ugwww.africa.airtel.com/uganda

Tin Kampala, so no matter where you’re going in the city,

plan ahead if you need to get there at an appointed time. Rush hour is particularly bad, usually from 7.30am to 9.30am, 1pm to 2.30pm and 4.30pm to 7.30pm; on Friday it seems to last all day.To/From the Airport�e international airport is at Entebbe, 40km from Kampala. A special-hire from Kampala to the airport costs about UGX100000. Ask

see if this changed before bargaining

is to take minibus between Kampala (from either taxi park) and Entebbe (UGX 3000 each), and then catch a saloon car shared taxi (USh1500 per person) to the airport, if you can

transport in Uganda.

Boda-bodasMotorbike taxis are the fastest way to get around Kampala since they

jams. It’s not necessarily the safest way to travel since some of the drivers are quiet reckless: the New Vision newspaper has reported that

as a result of boda-boda accidents. Boda-boda are best avoided at night.

minimum fare if USh1000 around

the city center and are pretty good

center out to the MC or LC Houses is likely to be USh4000 to USh6000. Boda-bodas can also be hired by the hour or day, but prices will depend on how big a swath of the city you plan to tackle.www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boda-boda

Matatus

minibus taxis fan out from the city center to virtually every point in Kampala. Many start in the taxi parks (for most destinations you can use either park), however it’s quicker to

don’t needto navigate the nightmare tailbacks around taxi parks.

Kampala has two main taxi parks for minibuses, and both serve destinations around the country as well as within Kampala

itself. Although packed beyond

busier of the two and serves towns in eastern Uganda; the nearby new taxi park services western and northern destinations. Buses to Entebbe leave from both.www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matatu

Special-Hire TaxiIn Kampala there are plenty

of ‘special-hire’ taxis. Most are unmarked to avoid

licensing and taxes, but if you see a car with it’s door open or with the driver sitting behind the wheel while parked, it’s probably a special

found outside hotels (except for the cheapest), near busy shopping areas

and at the taxi and bus parks. At night they wait in great numbers outside popular bars and clubs.

A standard short-distance fare is around USh5000 to USh10000. You’ll be looking at USh6000 from

USh10000 to the Kabalagala/Gaba Rd area. If you hire by the hour, and aren’t moving much beyond the city center, you should be able to pay USh10000. Prices will be higher at night and during club rush hour.

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[health] [country experience]A certi�cate of yellow fever

vaccination is required. All visitors should take malaria

prophylactic drugs. It is advisable to drink bottled or boiled rather than tap water.

Uganda health system

that are recommended for people travelling to Uganda and these may include, mumps, rubella (MMR), Diphtheria, Yellow fever (Required), tetanus, measles. We highly suggest that you seek professional medical attention before leaving your country. Malaria is common but preventable, one may buy anti-malarial drugs, sleep in a treated mosquito net, use

Uganda on arrival or bought before

Ugandan employers do not provide medical insurance to employees but there is a range of private medical practioners who charge around US$5 to US$20 for consultation and then prescription. If you have special medications, we suggest you carry

certain drugs in Ugandan pharmacies.Drinking water is clean but may not be safe to drink so we suggest that you buy bottled drinking water or boil drinking water, this can be done with support of those you are staying with.

Restaurants in Uganda serve clean, nice, delicious meals but you can

with the service of a particular place, all you need is to seek help from the AIESEC members to show you

private hospitals, the private hospitals like Kampala International Hospital also have a public side which is cheaper and a private wing that is expensive and fully functional with potential to handle complicated and special cases plus minor and major surgeries.

Health Information for Travelers to Uganda: wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/uganda.htm

Medical ServicesInternational Hospital Kampala(0772-200400 emergency; St Barnabus Rd; 24hr)

Surgery(0414-256003, emergency 0752-756003; 2 Acacia Ave; 8am-6pm Mon-Sat, emergency 24hr)A highly-respected clinic run by Dr Dick Stockley, an expat British GP. Stocks self-test malaria kits.www.thesurgeryuganda.org

Cultural Experiences

East Africa’s allure lies as much in its people and culture as in its wildlife. Here some ways to get

introduced to local life:• share a plate of food with locals• listen to church singing• watch traditional dancing• travel with local transport

Lugandan PhrasebookHow are you - Oli Otya

- BulungiCome here - JJanguThank you - WebaleGood night - Sula bulungi

Greeting and Politeness Ugandans greet a lot and they always like to know people even strangers,

you may feel uncomfortable if you are

will struggle to be nice and polite to you.

Stereo typing

other people call you “Muzungu”, meaning a white person, they say it because they do not know your name and it’s the local translation of white. Most Ugandan parties do not require special invitation. It is not rude to ask questions while on invitation but keep it open and inclusive do not ask many personal questions.

Ugandan Invitation Ugandans like visitors and when one invites you, it is probably high that

they will pay the costs and expect you do so when you invite them, however, with casual hangouts at beers, clubs and restaurants, everyone pays their check. It is common for people to invite you for a dinner in their home or a party. You can take something if you like and accept their gifts and hospitality.

Social hangoutsUgandans drink a lot and beer is cheap, you are free to drink at any time of the day provided you control yourself while drunk AIESECers in Uganda hang out at a popular spot

music and get to know. One can go out any time as there is always fun throughout the week.

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[must see places in Uganda]The country Churchill once

dubbed as the ‘Pearl of Africa’ is widely recognized in travel

fascinating country rich in wildlife, diverse environments and big smiles.

list for most visitors: it’s one of the best places in Africa to see the critically endangered mountain gorilla and a gorilla trekking safari in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and Mgahinga National Park is hard to beat for sheer, raw experience.

To help you explore this beautiful country we have come up with a list of must visit places during your Uganda internship.

1Murchison Falls National Park

Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest

squeezes through a seven-meter gap in

of white water, the result of which is

falls are the most powerful natural

believed to be the source of the river Nile.

2The Rwenzori Mountains Rwenzori Mountains

National Park, located in Uganda and bordering the DRC, is a world heritage site of outstanding natural

topped ‘Mountains of the Moon’ that rise into almost permanent equatorial mists, their slopes covered with strange and giant vegetation.

Unlike East Africa’s other large mountains, the Rwenzoris are not volcanic, but were formed during the upheaval that created the Rift Valley.

the third highest mountain in Africa

satisfying challenge to climbers.

Park is only accessible to hikers. It

with fabulous views and unusual

7-day circuit route, accompanied by porters and guides and taking refuge in mountain huts overnight, only to wake up to mist-shrouded jagged

mountains – a landscape impressively distinct from anywhere else in East Africa.

3Bwindi Forest

rainforest, so ancient it survived the last ice age. Bwindi National Park covers 330 km2 of this rainforest and spans altitudes of 1,100 metres to 2,400 metres – a dramatic landscape of steep hills, narrow gorges and streams tumbling down waterfalls.

A proclaimed World Heritage site, Bwindi is one of the most biologically diverse areas on earth. Its unique,

the world’s population of mountain gorillas – believed to number just 600.

population and Bwindi is the only forest in Africa in which these two apes live together.

Apart from gorilla tracking, there are a number of other hikes and trails within the park. As you travel along, accompanied by an experienced guide, you will learn about the

way to pass the time while you wait to encounter the gorillas.

4Queen Elizabeth National Park

Park is situated at the base of the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda

known as the QEII, the Queen

East African game park with crater-dotted hills and open grassland. It supports an abundance of wildlife, including elephant, lion, leopard and the unique Ugandan antelope, the kob.

32km long Kazinga Channel that links

Kazinga Channel is said to contain the world’s largest concentration of hippos and numerous Nile crocodiles – all easily viewed from a boat cruise.

a quarter of Africa’s total birdlife. With more than 560 species of bird within its borders, the park is a bird

East Africa’s best kept secrets, as the

animals here aren’t being hounded by spluttering packs of minibuses.

5Kibale Forest SafariUganda’s Kibale Forest National Park is an extensive

equatorial rainforest noted for its primate diversity. It is an enchanting park full of lakes, grasslands, marshes and forests on the lower slopes of the Rwenzori Mountains in western Uganda.

Kibale is best known for its healthy population of approximately 500 chimpanzees, though it’s also home to at least 60 mammal species, including twelve other primate species and a few elephant. Around 350 bird species have also been recorded and the park is a lepidopterist’s dream

through the air.

tracking excursion that leaves twice a day. Chimpanzee tracking starts at the entrance to the park where you will meet the experienced guides and rangers, all with expert

6Tombs of Buganda Kings at KasubiComprising of the 52 clans of the Baganda people,

Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda. Numbering three million, these people make up the largest Ugandan ethnic group.

Located in the Kampala district, the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi are the royal remains of this African

hectares of hillside, most of which is agricultural and still farmed by traditional methods.

On the hilltop is the former palace of the Kabakas

1882 and converted into the royal burial ground in 1884. Four former royals lay buried in tombs within the main structure – a circular building with a domed roof.

achievement using organic materials. Wood, thatch, and reed were used incorporating a wattle and daub technique (basically, a woven framework of crossed wood, called wattles, is applied with a mixture of mud, clay, animal dung and straw to create a structure).

enveloping their buried royalty in the tombs atop a hill are the intangible beliefs and spirituality of the Baganda.

7Kazinga ChannelKazinga Channel is located in Queen Elizabeth

National park and is the park’s dominant feature. At 32km long Kazinga Channel that links Lake Edward to

world’s largest concentration of hippos and numerous Nile crocodiles – all easily viewed from a boat cruise.

8Nile RiverTake on the wild waters of the Nile River, some of

the best white-water in the world

9 Lake BunyonyjLocated 1962m above sea level and surrounded by

steep sided heavily cultivated mountainous scenery. Lake Bunyonyi (the word means ‘the place of many little birds’) is about 25 km long and 7 km wide. With 29 islands dotting the centre of lake and depths varying from 44m to

900m. If the later is true it will make the lake the second

celcius, bilharzia free and safe for swimming. Needless to say the spectacular scenery makes for an overnight experience at Lake Bunyounyi more desirable than staying

Visitors come to enjoy the scenery and relax. Swimming in the lake is popular as are dugout canoe excursions. Bird

national bird the Crested Crane a common sighting. Fish

Rutindo market on Monday and Friday is a colourful

loads of vegetables and other goods.

10 Kidepo Valley National ParkTravel overland and explore unvarnished Africa at

its wild and colourful best.

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[ugandan food]

[your arrival]

If there is another name for Uganda, then it is nice traditional food and fresh fruits plus

vegetables. Country has diverse

restaurants serve a wide range of

US$3 depending on the sauce.

potatoes (sweet and irish), sauce (beef, goats’ meat, pork, nut stew,

We do not have McDonald, but burger spots and fast food points like KFC & Debonair. One uniquely

Ugandan food is the rolex, a chapatti rolled around an omelet. Fried cassava, roasted matoke (gonja) among others are the other Ugandan snacks you should never miss taste. You will surely have a dinner with two or more Ugandan AIESECers on

Yus on www.myaiesecrns.com so that we can

is US$35 and it will be done by our travel partner.

will have to join online groups of AIESEC trainees in Uganda, to «like» Facebook page, Google group and all other social networks to connect to other trainees and also to plan, invite and be invited for social events around the network.

Customs and are polite and - for those who require one

can be purchased on the spot at Entebbe International Airport or at any overland border.

Foreign exchange and ATM facilities are available at the airport, which is also serviced by several shops and restaurants. Don’t forget to pick up

the insider’s guide to Uganda.

Wish you a

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[AIESEC in Uganda] [contacts]AIESEC Uganda is one of

the fastest growing entities of AIESEC East Africa

and Africa region at all. We have through time expanded our reach and membership and today we boost of a rich membership capacity of at least 150 active members. Our reach and relevancy to the Ugandan society has

stood for more than two decades now.By being an exchange program participant you’re becoming organisation’s ambassador wherever

AIESEC Way - our organisation’s unique essence, our impact and values, which should guide you through your unique exchange experience.

Brief timeline of AIESEC in Uganda:1994: AIESEC is initiated in Uganda at Makerere University1996: AIESEC in Uganda earns full membership status2003: First time to achieve 10 exchanges (7 incoming + 3 outgoing)2004: A second Local Committees is established at Makerere University Business School (MUBS)2009: Four new Local Committees are established 2010: First time we will achieve 60 exchanges (39 incoming + 21 outgoing, as of May 1st)

Local CommitteesNdejje UniversityKYU - Kyambogo UniversityUMU - Uganda Martyrs UniversityUCU - Uganda Christian UniversityMUK - Makerere University KampalaMUBS - Makerere University Business SchoolMUST - Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Expect us to:• give you reception booklet and

all the information, give you contacts of AIESEC reception team.

• send you an invitation letter to support your visa application.

• pickup at airport (our travel par- tner will pick you up)

• integrate you in the Ugandan society, answer your questions

• assist in settling in by assigning you a buddy who shall take you around shopping, answer your questions, follow up, escort you

• help with expectation setting• social invitations, help with

accommodation• continuous support

We expect you to:• •

expectations• do your part the best of your

abilities• research about AIESEC, the

host organization, project issue, prior to coming

• talk to us let us know how w e can help

• initiate ideas and participate in our social events and other

events

Reception & Servicing Team

Gloria OttoR&S Manager/Crisis Manager

MC House Manager

FredKYU House Manager

Allan UCU House Manager

Dr. Karen House Doctor - IKAN Clinics

+256 706 693 [email protected]

[email protected]

+256 778 830 [email protected]

+256 703 049 114

+256 701 783 [email protected]

+256 701 297 [email protected]

- Ndejje

Praise Asiimire

FERGUSONS - May Ndahura AIESEC Uganda - Tours & Travel Partner

+256 775 262 [email protected]