Evaluation Internship programme Let’s Go Uganda!

Name: Ann Michele Grandt (from Germany)
Internship period: 12 aug – 10 feb 2019
Local partner organization: Nnina Olugero
Please rate all 3 below with scale 1-5 stars:
Overall rate of your Let’s Go Uganda experience:  number of stars __5__

Score of preparation, organization and guidance by LGA:  number of stars __5__

Score of introduction, supervision and guidance of local partner: number of stars __5__

Overall I can just say that I loved the country. It's absolutely not comparable to Germany and the beginning it can be challenging to handle the differences but it has its own individual beauty.

What did you think of the project and the partner organization in Uganda?
I loved working at Nnina Olugero. The staff members are really nice people and the work they
do is good. I have been able to take a look into all the projects the organisation has and could
decide of which ones I wanted to be part of afterwards. I got included into the Condomwise
and the Get up Stand up project and did a lot of amazing workshops with them. They have
always been opened and supportive regarding my ideas and the things I wanted to include
into the workshops.  Also the people are different of course. Some things that are normal in Uganda I adopted,
some I got used to and some I will never understand. But I got to know some amazing people
who I already really miss.

Evaluatie stage programma Let’s Go Uganda!
Naam: Jessie Pouwels
Stage periode: 11 mei t/m 11 juli 2019
Stage organisatie: Nnina Olugero
Beoordeel onderstaande met 1-5 sterren
Algemene beoordeling van Let’s Go Uganda stage: aantal sterren __4__

Beoordeling voorbereiding, organisatie en begeleiding LGA: aantal sterren __4__
Beoordeling opvang en begeleiding lokale partner: aantal sterren __4__

Ervaringsverslag:
Hoe heb je het land Uganda en haar bevolking ervaren?
Ik heb de bevolking ervaren als heel geinteresseerd en betrokken. Mede daardoor voelde ik
mij vrij snel thuis in Uganda. Mensen zijn tevreden met kleine dingen en alles gaat op een
rustig tempo. In overleg kan heel veel en dat heb ik als erg prettig ervaren.

Ik vond het bijzonder en heel mooi om te doen. Wel heb ik me (vooral in het begin) erg machteloos gevoeld. Er zijn zoveel (grote) problemen, dat ik als individu dit niet op kan lossen. Hoe graag ik dat ook zou willen.

Waar heb je je mee bezig gehouden op het project in Uganda?
Op scholen maken van herbruikbaar maandverband (project eerdere stagiaire), nieuw
opgezet: mensen zelf notitieboekjes leren maken om naar school te kunnen, fundraising
pagina en met het opgehaalde geld (bijna 600 euro) materialen gekocht voor de verschillende
projecten van Nnina Olugero, staff van Nnina scholing gegeven over Maatschappelijk werk en
een document met manieren om dit toe te passen gemaakt, op verschillende scholen heb ik
individuele gesprekken gevoerd met leerlingen en een advies gegeven.
Ik vond dat ik erg fijne collega’s had en dat ze mij goed betrokken bij alles wat ze deden. De
projecten waren erg leuk en gevarieerd!

Evaluation Volunteer programme Let’s Go Uganda!
Name: Natasa Rapajic (from Croatia)
Working period: 6 weeks in 2018
Local partner organization: Nnina Olugero

Please rate all 3 below with scale 1-10:
Overall rate of your Let’s Go Uganda volunteer work: 8
Score of preparation, organization and guidance by LGA: 10
Score of introduction, supervision and guidance of local partner: 9

How did you like it to work in this type of development country?
Very interesting, exciting and rewarding, even though bit frustating at times as things can’t
always go the way planned due to circumstances, such as money, time, cultural differences.
Was it what you expected beforehand? And what was totally different?
I expected to have completely new experience and that is what I got. People were much nicer
than I was expecting. And I had much less problems adjusting to simple ways of living than I
thought I would. Cold shower and no drinking water but bottled was very easy to adjust to,
much easier then I imagined.

What did you think of the project and the partner organization in Uganda?
I thought projects were very good and relevant. Nnina Olugero staff is amazing, lovely people
with big hearts who believe in what they do and genuinely have everybody’s best interest in
mind. Time management was sometimes a small problem, but understandable within African
culture.

What did you think of the guidance from your contact person of Let’s Go Africa?
Very good. I felt prepared before leaving. Roel showed interest during my stay in Uganda,
made sure we have contact and that he is reachable.