Author Archives: boscouganda
ICT4D to “Break the Silence”
Rural Youth are challenged to confront challenges and opportunities that come their way through exploiting new information and communication technologies. Alfred Kilama-Technician at BOSCO Uganda Installing internet and other wireless related equipment in the Library at St. Mary’s College Lacor … Continue reading
Enhancing Communication for Rural Development
In partnership with UNICEF, BOSCO Uganda handed over 2 laptops to Unyama National Teachers College (Unyama NTC) in Gulu District-Northern Uganda on Monday, 27th September 2010. Under the UNICEF Small Scale Fund, BOSCO Uganda is consolidating five existent sites (Unyama … Continue reading
Rural Children and the Internet
The majority of families in post conflict Northern Uganda have returned to their original villages and are engaging in intensive agriculture, the main source of income and food. Although there is relative peace, Children are still the most vulnerable the … Continue reading
Site Volunteers in Africa Youth Forum
BOSCO Uganda volunteers are participating in the Speak Africa online discussions. Many youth from the various BOSCO sites are contributing to numerous discussion topics in relation to Maternal and Child Health e.g. HIV/AIDS, Malaria, pregnancy, Immunization. Both in and out … Continue reading
BOSCOUganda at HORIZONT3000 2010 AGM
31st June 2010 to 3rd July 2010 at Brisk Hotel (Former Hotel Triangle) in Jinja-Uganda was an Annual General Assembly for HORIZONT3000 that drew close to 100 partners from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Sudan. Activities that also entailed sharing of … Continue reading
BOSCO Uganda at AU summit
BOSCO Uganda participates in the on-line discussions (my.speakafrica.org and Connecting Classrooms) prior to the African Youth Forum and African Union Summit. Every year, Heads of State and Government. from 56 African countries meet to take stock of their commitments on … Continue reading
Preparations for Expansion.
BOSCO Uganda is preparing to expand its activities to the bigger and broader Northern Uganda. Technicians at BOSCO are working tirelessly through research of new technologies and site surveys among other to ensure that the expansion of the network is … Continue reading
HISTORY-UGANDA MARTYRS JUNE 2010 CELEBRATIONS
Uganda Martyrs Day-2010 On Thursday, 3rd June 2010, Christians around the world converged at the Uganda Martyrs’ Shrines in Namugongo, Kampala-Uganda to commemorate the death of 22 Ugandan Martyrs who were killed for their faith in Jesus Christ on the … Continue reading
Vote BOSCO Uganda
Friends and well-wishers of BOSCO Uganda, find the simplest way of making an impact in the literacy of a child in a post-war Northern Uganda by only voting. The Better World Books has funded the Reader’s Choice Grant to benefit … Continue reading
BOSCO among first round winner in Africa Rural Connect contest
The mandate of BOSCO Uganda is to achieve Rural Literacy through Innovative Web 2.0 ICT use in the Post conflict Northern Uganda. Basing of the level of illiteracy, the accessibility of the internet facilities to the rural communities is the … Continue reading
