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Get involved

There is a place for you in this work.

Whether you lead a university programme, run a healthcare institution, conduct research, or want to volunteer, pray or give, there is a clear way to work with us.

For students & professionals

Apply for a clinical elective

Placements are embedded in supervised community clinics and built around reciprocal learning, not observation.

To apply, you will need:

  • Proof of enrolment from your home university
  • A letter of intent
  • A reference from a supervising faculty member

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Start with the volunteer and elective form below and choose “A clinical elective placement”.

  1. Send an enquiry

    Tell us your discipline, institution and preferred dates.

  2. Share your documents

    Proof of enrolment, a letter of intent and a faculty reference.

  3. Rolling review

    We review applications as they arrive and reply with next steps.

  4. Learn in partnership

    Work alongside local professionals under one supervised clinical structure.

Open now

Current opportunities

Patients waiting under a tent outside the Okwici Outreach Community CenterNow open

Okwici Outreach Community Center

Our new community center is open and welcomes volunteers who can provide medical and dental services to the community. If you would like to teach the community a skill, you are welcome too.

Visiting dentists treating patients in a busy outreach clinic room11–19 June 2027

Uganda Dental Mission Trip 2027

A humanitarian dental mission delivered through Oral Health Uganda, our flagship programme, from 11 to 19 June 2027.

Take the first step

Volunteer or partner with YKMI

Your details go straight to the YKMI team and are never sold or shared for marketing.

Pray with us

Stand with us in prayer.

Would you like to pray for our work? Send us a message and we’ll share current prayer points for our teams, the communities we serve and our partners.

A YKMI team member teaching a group of children seated outdoors

Your giving keeps the clinics moving.

Support mobile dental outreach, school screening and supervised clinical training in northern Uganda.