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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Latifa Okello, Site Manager
Latifa, Site Manager Originally uploaded by BOSCO-Uganda Latifa is currently the site manager at the Coope Internet point.
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Update
I have been carrying out mobilization for training in Pabo (former IDP camp) today. The good and bad news is about one hundred people showed up on a market day; that was the highest attendance yet for a BOSCO training … Continue reading
