Through short-term mission teams and internships, HEAL continues to increase the awareness of the plight of abandoned women and children in Uganda. We believe that changing the world is done one heart at a time-and that process begins with your heart and mine. Our prayer is that a heart to serve abandoned women and children also becomes a generational calling in your family. For an in-depth look at our short-term missions, read testimonies from our blog.

The Mission Team price ranges between $3,800 and $4,200. Final price is dependent on final airfare prices and based on a team of 10-12 people. A $500 non-refundable deposit is due upon acceptance and your team leader will communicate the remainder of your due dates.

Note: HEAL's fees do not include online visa, safari and required travel vaccinations, immunizations or medications.

What does a typical HEAL team look like?

Experience village visits
Experience home visits where the ladies that we serve live
Experience other organizations that we partner with: Amani Baby Cottage, Ekisa Ministries, and Jinja Pregnancy Care Center
Experience town: central market shopping, life on Main Street, Kilombera Weaving
Visit the Source of the Nile on a Lake Victoria boat ride
Experience a day in the life of the programs at the James Place:
- Childcare - Spend time playing with the 63 kids in our childcare program. Participate in PE, help serve them lunch, help get them down for a nap after bathtime, and have a genuinely good time getting to play with and love on our children.
- Observe the following: Preschool Class - You'll get to sit in on our Preschool for both our 4 and 5-year-olds as well as our 3 and 4-year-olds as well as attend Preschool field trips, which includes taking them swimming, weather permitted!
- Observe the following: Business Classes and English Classes for our women
- Participate in the following: Our jewelry design program, leather works program, sewing program, and pottery program. You'll get to learn how to roll paper beads, how the women make the leather bags and tassels for our jewelry, how the women use Singer sewing machines to make products such as uniforms and jewelry bags, as well as how the women throw clay and fire the pieces that they make right here on the property.
- Build relationships with our staff members