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UGANDA MISSION TRIPS

Share your experience. Help future teams prepare.

Your thoughtful feedback will help GHMI better prepare, communicate with, and host future mission-trip participants.

Before you begin

If you travelled with GHMI more than once, answer based on your most recent trip to Uganda. Most questions are required; written answers are optional. Please share honestly and respectfully.

SECTION 01

About your most recent trip

Please answer based on your most recent GHMI mission trip to Uganda.

What year was your most recent GHMI mission trip to Uganda?*
How many GHMI Uganda mission trips have you participated in?*
Before your first GHMI trip, had you participated in an international mission trip?*

SECTION 02

Before the trip

Please rate the following.*
I understood what the trip would generally look like.
I understood what I needed to pack.
I understood what was expected of me as a participant.
I understood the type of ministry we would be participating in.
I knew who to contact when I had questions.
I felt adequately informed about the physical conditions I could expect in Uganda (heat, hydration, walking, etc.).
Overall, how closely did your experience match what you were told to expect before travelling?*
What, if anything, was significantly different from what you expected?
What do you wish you had known before leaving?

SECTION 03

Practical preparation and packing

What did you bring that you were especially glad you packed?
What did you pack that you did not need?
What do you wish you had brought?

SECTION 04

Day-to-day experience, accommodations, and safety

Please rate the following.*
Meals were provided at appropriate times.
There was enough food available.
Drinking water was readily available.
I generally understood the plan for each day.
Schedule changes were communicated adequately.
I had reasonable opportunity for rest.
Understanding that this was a mission trip rather than a vacation, the accommodations provided were reasonable and appropriate.
The accommodations generally matched what I had been led to expect before travelling.
I generally felt safe throughout the trip.
I knew who to speak to if I had a safety concern or emergency.
How would you describe the overall pace of the trip?*
While staying at the GHMI Guesthouse, Wi-Fi was adequately available for reasonable communication with home.*
Was there anything about meals, accommodations, scheduling, communication, transportation, or other day-to-day logistics that you think GHMI could improve?

SECTION 05

GHMI Canadian staff

Please rate the following.*
GHMI Canadian staff were approachable when I had questions or concerns.
Expectations were communicated clearly.
I felt supported by GHMI Canadian staff throughout the trip.

SECTION 06

GHMI Uganda staff and appropriate boundaries

Please rate the following.*
GHMI Uganda staff made me feel welcomed.
GHMI Uganda staff were approachable and helpful.
I had meaningful opportunities to get to know members of the Uganda team.
The relationship between the Canadian team and Uganda team felt positive and respectful.
My interactions with GHMI Uganda staff contributed positively to my experience.
During my trip, I was personally asked by a GHMI Uganda staff member for money, gifts, sponsorship, financial assistance, or other personal support.*
Did you experience any interaction with a GHMI Uganda staff member that made you feel pressured, uncomfortable, or unsure about appropriate boundaries?*
If you answered yes to either question above and are comfortable sharing, please briefly describe what happened.

SECTION 07

Ministry experience and personal impact

Please rate the following.*
I understood enough about each ministry activity to participate, even when I felt nervous or stretched.
When I was asked to participate in ministry outside my comfort zone, I felt supported by the GHMI team.
The trip challenged me to step outside my comfort zone in positive ways.
I understood the purpose behind the ministry activities.
I felt my time and abilities were used meaningfully.
The trip helped me better understand GHMI’s ongoing ministry in Uganda.
Which ministry experience was most meaningful to you, and why?

SECTION 08

Culture and coming home

Before and during the trip, I was given enough information to interact respectfully within Ugandan culture.*
What cultural information do you wish you had known beforehand?
Was there anything you wish you had known about returning home or processing your experience after the trip?

SECTION 09

Overall feedback and help for future participants

Overall, how would you rate your GHMI mission trip experience?*
If you could change one thing about how GHMI prepares for or hosts mission teams, what would you change?
Imagine your best friend is leaving on their first GHMI mission trip tomorrow. What would you tell them?
What question do you think every first-time participant will have that we should answer in the Mission Trip Guide?
Is there anything we should have asked about your experience that we did not?

Thank you for taking the time to strengthen future GHMI mission trips.