Each year, REACH offers opportunities for supporters to travel to Uganda with us to visit our program and volunteer at Arlington Junior School and at the Beatrice Tierney Health Clinics. Traveling with REACH to Uganda is an opportunity to explore and stay in Africa at a relatively low cost and to contribute your talents to a meaningful program. Our trips also give our students, faculty, and staff the chance to interact with donors and supporters face-to-face, which brings honor and dignity to the community. This year, REACH is offering four chaperoned trips to Uganda: Teacher Trip, Adult and Family Trip, Teen Service Trip and Working Trip. Download the guide to our full trip offerings or look at the short summaries below! Keep an eye out for the upcoming Information Sessions in December & January.
Please complete the appropriate volunteer form and pay the deposit below to secure your spot.
Teacher Trip: April 9 - April 19, 2025
Teen Service Trip: July 10 – July 30, 2025
This is a chaperoned trip and limited to 12 teens. For the second time in a row, the trip will be led by REACH board member, Ani Arzoomanian. The trip presents teens (aged 14 – 18) the chance to visit Uganda to volunteer with REACH’s schools and clinics. Teens contribute to a meaningful, life changing program through service opportunities such as spending time in our primary schools with students and teachers, mentoring and playing games, kicking off their yearly reading challenge, and volunteering at our health clinics and visiting students in their homes. The trip will include fun excursions, such as hiking to waterfalls and going on a 3-day safari in Murchison Falls! Request for more information if interested and save your spot by paying a deposit by January 31. Balance is due by May 31. Trip cost per participant is $3600 (airfare not included).
Click here for 2025 Teen Trip Flyer to learn more about this trip and pay the deposit to secure your place.
Info Session: Please email trip Chaperone and REACH board member Ani at: ani@reachforuganda.org or joyce@reachforuganda.org
AAH Secondary School Opening Trip
July1 - July13, 2025
The official scheduled date for the opening of the AAH Secondary School now called: Hawthorne-Scribner High School (HSHS) is July 5, 2025. We invite you to travel with us to Uganda for that very special occasion.
There will be two organized departures from the US:
June 28, 2025 – First group of travellers leave for Uganda with Adult and Family trip.
July 1st, 2025 – Second group of travellers depart for Uganda
Travelers can choose which date to return to the US, regardless of the group in which they initially travelled. They can also choose whether to go on safari at the end of their stay or return directly to the US. Return date from Uganda is July 13, 2025. Please email us for details at info@reachforuganda.org
Adult & Family Trip: June 28 - July 13th, 2025
Led by REACH board members, Dick and Carole Burk, this trip presents a wonderful opportunity for adults and/or their families to travel to Uganda. As REACH’s Board President, Dick will provide insight into AAH’s operations in Uganda and the partnership between AAH and REACH across continents. Participants will experience AAH’s operations in Uganda by volunteering at REACH's schools and health clinics, visiting the families of sponsored students, and touring AAH outreach schools. Further, animal safaris and Nile cruises will enable participants to revel in the beauty of this incredible country.
To save a spot on this trip, please pay your deposit by March 31. To learn more please click here and pay a deposit to save your spot.
Info Session: Email us at dick@reachforuganda.org or joyce@reachforuganda.org.
Adult Work Trip: August 6 - September 3, 2025
Led by our REACH co-founder and director, John Wanda, this trip offers adults and families wishing to stay longer in the village and work on a meaningful project at AAH schools, clinics or in the community. Participants can leave early or even choose to stay longer.
Info Session: Please email trip leader at john@reachforuganda.org or joyce@reachforuganda.org. A trip deposit is required to save your spot by March 31.
My experience at REACH has inspired me to become more aware and active in education opportunities around the world to ensure all children have access and ability to achieve all they can.
Ryan
Volunteer
