Blackledge/White July Trip

Trip Objectives

  • To learn through experience the programatic structure and impact of African Leadership’s work.

  • To meet and informally assess key personnel in the AL network

  • To leverage the disruption of international travel to learn elements of God we can more clearly see outside our own culture.

Trip Itinerary

Saturday, July 13 

10:00am - meet at the delta counter for our 12:30 flight

- have your passport and yellow fever card with you

- we will eat before we leave

12:30 pm - leave for Atlanta, Amsterdam, Kigali, Entebbe

Sunday, July 14th

11:00pm - arrive Entebbe, Uganda

Monday, July 15th

9:00am - arrive Entebbe airport for our flight to Adjumani

1:00 pm - settle into our hotel

2:00pm - meet with Tito and Adjumani team

Tuesday, July 16th

8:00 - leave Adjumani for the day to Bidi Bidi refugee camp

Wednesday, July 17th

9:00am - leave for Gulu Uganda

Thursday - July 18th

9:00am - meet with Ugandan team

2:00pm - leave for Murchison Falls

Friday, July 19th - Safari

Saturday, July 20 - safari

2:00 pm leave for Entebbe

Sunday, July 21, 

9:00 - leave for Lilongwe Malawi

2:00pm - arrive Lilongwe hotel

Monday - sightsee

Tuesday, July 23

2:15pm - depart Lilongwe for Amsterdam 

Wednesday, July 24

8:00am - arrive Amsterdam


To Do’s:

There is plenty to do to prepare for the logistics and details of this trip. This drop down menu will keep you on track to ensure we cover all those details before we go! Please let us know what questions or issues arise as you work through these steps.

    • Schedule immunizations (must be completed by end of June)

    • Ensure passports are valid and don’t expire before February 2025 and have more than 8 blank pages

    • Determine funding plan (fundraise or self-pay) and let AL know

    • Fill out the initial trip paperwork Trip Forms

    • Meet with AL staff to learn AL program

    • Fill out additional visa application forms (LINK TBD)

    • Get passports to AL team for Visas

    • Fundraise if necessary

    • Ensure total of $16500 is raised or paid by June 15

    • Meet with AL staff for 2nd trip briefing

    • Go!

Trip Form

FAQs

  • Required: Yellow Fever

    Recommended: Covid -19, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis, Typhoid, Cholera, Rabies, Meningitis, Polio, Malaria

  • Guys: Pants, t-shirts, tennis shoes

    Girls: Pants, t-shirts, skirts, dresses (cover shoulders and knees to be culturally sensitive)

  • In addition to clothes:

    snacks

    power adapters (G adapter)

    cash for purchasing personal gifts

  • You will only need cash for personal purchases and gifts. We recommend between $100-$500.

    Do know, credit cards are rarely a payment option.

  • July is the dry season in Africa - so limited rain and between 75-85 degrees during the day. It is possible we are without air conditioning at some of our hotel stays.

  • Uganda and Malawi use the G adapter. Please make sure you have enough for your devises.

    Phones will work great if you opt for an international plan.

    Wi-fi will usually only be available at hotels

  • The total cost estimation for each person is $8,250. This includes all flight, food, transportation, hotels, and gorilla trek.

    Note: This costs include all travel up and through your time in Malawi. We have not factored in costs for the safari or European travel.