Category Archives: ICT4D
BOSCO-UGANDA EMBARK ON COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH DIALOGUE
Investing in communities is paramount to BOSCO – Uganda since it helps to get community perspectives on ICT4D. By engaging communities to discuss strategies they would use to jealously guard the equipment installed by BOSCO – Uganda and sustain the … Continue reading
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) visit BOSCOUganda
On Wednesday 11th of May 2011 Mr. Vijit Ratnarajah, Chief Technical Advisor of the ICT program for United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO-Business Information Networking) visited BOSCOUganda on official mission focusing on the approaches BOSCOUganda is using through ICT to … 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
“Breaking the Silence”-BOSCOUganda
Check out this documentary on BOSCO Uganda’s efforts towards Breaking the Silence in Northern Uganda…a journey to sustainable development.
“Lets support communities in ICT4D” by Stella Akiteng, BOSCO Uganda
Communities Empower Themselves-A Case of Choope ICT Community Site
building ICT+ programs.
Over at Project Diaspora, TMS Ruge responds to challenges from OLPC. A lot of what he says in this post makes me think of BOSCO-Uganda (as it is now and also where we want to see it go). I think … Continue reading
An update from Pagak
Click here for an update from Pagak by Chrisopher, director of an agricultural movement in the region and also a BOSCO Web 2.0 training volunteer. As the IDP camps close down, people are reconstructing their lives in their home villages … Continue reading
New BOSCO sites online
The newest BOSCO sites to come online in the last two weeks include: St. Jude’s Orphanage and school (near the Catechists Training Center in Gulu); Lacor Seminary (secondary school for young seminarians); Lacor Primary School (where BOSCO volunteer trainer Jokondino … Continue reading
IDP camps to gain ability to recieve phone calls
Update – Our new Ubuntu server and backup have arrived in Kampala. What this means, among other technical developments, is that the residents of our client IDP camps will now be able to receive direct phone calls, at extra low … Continue reading
