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BOSCOUGANDA SHARE BREAKING BORDERS AWARD IN TECHNOLOGY WITH COMMUNITIES

On behalf of the people of Northern Uganda His Grace Archbishop John Baptist Odama, was pleased to accept the Breaking Borders Award for BOSCO. He noted that Northern Uganda is recovering from the over 22 years of war and relentless … Continue reading

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A Japanese Team visits BOSCO Uganda

On Wednesday, 6th April 2011 a group of Japanese young people and adults led by Prof Nagayo Sawa of the University of Tokyo (Department of Arts and Sciences; Human Security Programme/ Anthropology) visited BOSCO Uganda in Gulu, Northern Uganda. The … Continue reading

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BOSCO Uganda “ICT for Education & Research Centre”

BOSCO Uganda is implementing an “ICT  for Education and Research Centre” Project in Bardege Division, Gulu Municipality in Northern Uganda. Currently, with the mission to provide innovative Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions using a collaborative and Internet approach to … Continue reading

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Digital Drum at BOSCO Uganda

A Digital Drum , also known as “the rugged computer kiosk” was on Tuesday, 22nd March 2011 deployed in one of the BOSCO Uganda ICT sites “ICT for Education and Research Centre” in Bardege Division, Gulu Municipality, Northern Uganda with … Continue reading

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Doing exams without desks and chairs? What does the future hold for these children?

Children are the greatest asset of the nation.   For public-private partnerships to live up to their potential of bringing many benefits to the education sector, they must be well designed. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/278200-1099079877269/547664-1099079934475/547667-1135281523948/2065243-1239111225278/Role_PPP_Edu_Ch4.pdf Research reveals that the environment can enhance or … Continue reading

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Children are the future

Children involvement in BOSCO Uganda Programme If we hope to solve the world’s major problems — achieving world peace, healthy lives, economic development, and global sustainability — we must provide richer learning opportunities for the world’s children. An educated and … Continue reading

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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

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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

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BOSCO’s first ever Web 2.0 Training Workshop

This week, BOSCO is hosting our first ever Web 2.0 training workshop, on site at our office in the Catechists Training Center, Gulu.  We are hosting 16 young men and women representing 8 of our rural sites (see site locations … Continue reading

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BOSCO Uganda’s pioneer volunteer gets ICT job

BOSCO Uganda’s pioneer volunteer gets ICT job “Perseverance is not a long race; it’s many short races one after another,” — Walter Elliott In 2008, with the help of funding from UNICEF, I embarked on training over a hundred formerly … Continue reading

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