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In Uganda, National Teachers’ Colleges receive newly constructed buildings
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 07-01-2021
National Teachers’ Colleges operate among the government aided tertiary institutions mandated to train quality teachers for the lower secondary and primary schools in Uganda. Over the years, Enabel has collaborated with the Ministry of Education to improve secondary teacher education by focusing ...
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NTC lecturers redefining the teaching process in Uganda
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 12-11-2020
With the significant change to the way learning is presently operating, it is inevitable that teachers must re-skill at a record pace to support the continuity of learning.This means stepping away from traditional teaching methods and embracing the use of technology.A concept that Enabel has long...
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Transforming Information into shareable Knowledge - Uganda
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 04-11-2020
At Enabel, we believe that information has the power to transform societies by promoting sustainable development initiatives. The information we derive from our project implementation serves to improve our work but can further strengthen works of our partners when adopted on a larger scale. Therefore...
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In Uganda, MTN, a telecommunicatins provider and Enabel partner to promote distance learning
William YEKA | 03-11-2020
Teacher trainees will no longer incur data charges in order to access educational content. Uganda’s leading telecommunications provider MTN has zero-rated the one-stop online learning portal for aspiring teachers. Zero-rating is the practice of not charging customers for data use on specific websites...
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Launch of a distance learning strategy in times of Covid-19 in Uganda
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 27-10-2020
Given the global pandemic and its impact on the education system around the world, many actors have been quick to respond to the education crisis. In Uganda, Enabel has worked together with the Ministry of Education and Sports to develop and implement a distance learning strategy dubbed the “TTE...
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Ugandan teachers say what they think of the TTE Sandbox Strategy
Dorothy KYAMAZIMA | 27-10-2020
The Sandbox Strategy is transforming the teaching and learning process within the National Teachers' Colleges allowing them to adjust to digital technology but also ensure the continuity of learning. Here is in video what some teachers had to say about this strategy.Read more about the Sandbox project...
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Quality low-cost health care services benefiting Uganda's Rwenzori and West Nile regions
William YEKA | 22-10-2020
52 years old Alfred Ocolla, has a kidney and heart problem. He would travel 80kms away from his home to Arua Regional Referral Hospital for routine check-ups. Sometimes, Ocolla would be referred to Lacor hospital in Gulu for oxygen. According to Dr Jammy Omara, the Medical Superintendent of ...
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In Uganda, the Ministry of Education and Sports approves criteria for defining a TVET centre of excellence
Racheal AKELLO | 20-10-2020
Enabel in close collaboration with Development Partners, worked with the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) to establish and define the concept of a TVET Centre of Excellence (CoE). This exercise which transpired during last September was aimed at establishing standard criteria and framework...
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In Uganda, innovation helped students survive during Covid lockdown
Racheal AKELLO | 06-10-2020
They had just received their biggest order ever. In February 2020, they won a contract to make 500 uniforms for pupils of Kisumu Primary School. But then Covid-19 struck. Schools and businesses were closed. Public and private transport were banned and a 7 pm curfew was introduced. For...
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350 more Refugees & Host Communities trainees get skills training in West Nile - Uganda
Racheal AKELLO | 06-10-2020
Another 350 young people in Uganda’s West Nile region have enrolled in short term skills training courses organized by the Belgian development agency Enabel. This brings to 2,550 the total number of youth, both Ugandans and South Sudanese refugees, who have benefited from the programme...
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In Uganda, an advert for a skills training programme changed Koojo’s life
Racheal AKELLO | 28-09-2020
Along Balya Road in Fort Portal, a town in western Uganda on the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains, there is a small but busy graphic design shop, called Kabarole Red Enterprises. The owner and manager, John Koojo, proudly shows his equipment for making tie-dye embroidery and printing banners...
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Word Cleanup Day: In Uganda, Fort portal residents adopt proper waste disposal
William YEKA | 22-09-2020
Fort Portal residents have been urged to desist from littering to safeguard the town’s image as Uganda’s Tourism City. Home to several tourism sites, Fort Portal is one of the 7 municipalities recently upgraded to cities. Speaking during cleanup day commemoration in Fort Portal town today, Enabel...
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Covid-19 lockdown was a blessing in disguise for Acola Annette - Uganda
Racheal AKELLO | 10-09-2020
For many people, the 3 months lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic was a challenge. It was hard to survive on meager savings and adjust to the sudden change in the pattern of living where one was required to only stay at home. But for Acola Annette, the lockdown was a blessing in disguise. ...
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Youth reap rewards from skills training in Uganda
Racheal AKELLO | 12-08-2020
Twenty-eight-year-old Mwajuma Kyamanywa sits in her workshop where she mixes different substances to manufacture soap. It is gratifying to know that a physically challenged youth is making a living by making bar and liquid soap. Mwajuma, a mother of 3 who hails from Masindi, a district in Western...
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Two Karamojong sisters making money from masks during the Covid -19 period in Uganda
Joseph BASOGA | 30-07-2020
Lucy Sagal and Pascal Sagal are sisters from Matany in Napak District. Esther trained with St. Daniel Comboni Technical institute as a tailor under the Enabel Programme. When she completed the skills training, she opened up a fashion store in Matany town and is now training her Lucy sister to learn ...