21-30 April 2023
This impact retreat is specially designed for Adventurous people who love to dive deep into a local community, go off the beaten path and make a social impact while traveling. For the 16th time we organise a trip to Uganda benefitting the 22STARS Foundation.
PROJECT VISITS
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
LOCAL MASTERMINDS
WORKSHOPS
SIGHT- SEEING
COMMUNITY
We put all our knowledge and experience into this trip, so that it will be a true life-
changing experience for you!
- We make a pre-trip assessment with you
- We take care of all your travel arrangements
- We have translators for you available during your whole trip
- We know Uganda inside out and the needs of our Western visitors
- We partnered up with amazing local organizations who assist us
- We make sure you don't get overcharged and
- We give you free coaching sessions, so you and the communities get the maximum social impact out of this trip!
The Impact
22STARS focuses on Education, Local Leadership and Entrepreneurship to empower families in Uganda. You will have the unique opportunity to get a deep inside in the work of 22STARS and the Ugandan culture and you will grow during the mastermind and coaching sessions. On average we generate 1.5 K in extra donations per trip participant for the Foundation and our participants go back home with a new mind and skill set!
Project Visits
You will visit small businesses, schools and homes of the 22STARS community. Aidah, Susan and Stella will show you how to make a positive contribution. Share your skills and optimize impact!
Workshop
We organize an Impact Workshop in which we show you the best ways to help, and where we will also address topics such as 'White Savior Complex' and 'Neo-colonialism'.
Coaching
You will have a one-on-one coaching session with Stella and three group coachings with the focus on how you can make a difference!
Masterminds
Each session will offer you a combination of brainstorming, education, peer accountability and support to sharpen your business and personal skills.
Meals
Our meals are prepared by the women of the 22STARS Foundation. We help supporting their businesses.
Meet Your Hosts!
Aidah Wafula, Stella Airoldi and Susan Laker
"This trio met 10 years ago and are changing lives!"
Aidah - on the left - who is passionate about helping women setting up small businesses, Stella - in the middle - who loves personal development and making a social impact, and Susan - on the right - who is the best example of the impact education makes and who fights our future.
Together they run the 22STARS foundation and know each other already since 2009, when Stella was volunteering at an Aids Information Center in Kampala and did research about post war victims. Aidah, who was from the big city connected Stella to Susan, who was a refugee from Northern Uganda. Stella met Susan using a translator to communicate, but to understand Susan's jokes and see her big heart no one needs a translation! Susan was certain that she would see Stella again, hence when Stella send once a year money to Aidah and Susan for their handmade paper jewellery, Susan took this opportunity to go back to school in order to talk directly to Stella herself!
Susan is our local project manager in Kampala, Aidah is our local project manager in Jinja, and Stella, well she works from anywhere! Susan and Aidah know best what their local communities need, while Stella's unique nomadic lifestyle brings also a lot of advantages in. Stella is in Uganda about 5 months a year, bringing visitors to the projects, making payments and helping out where needed. The other 7 months she connects with donors around the world and makes sure the operations run smoothly.
Your host Stella knows Uganda inside out and she knows what is important for Western people: you will be in the best hands for an off the beaten track experience. Your Ugandan hosts Aidah and Susan speak several local languages and will be available for you throughout the whole trip.
The Acommodation
In Kampala, we are staying 7 nights at a lovely spacious hotel with swimming pool a short drive away from our 22STARS office. Our twin rooms are equipped with beds that are wide, with linen and mosquito nets supplied as standard, and a private bathroom.
In Jinja we are staying 6 nights in Bujagali, a small village next to Jinja at the shore of the Nile. It is a 15-minute drive to the 22STARS project. We sleep in safari tents overlooking the Nile with hot showers around the corner. Glamping at its best! You will wake up with the nicest view: a beautiful river sunrise just outside your safari tent. Start your day with a morning swim and yoga class!
