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Bernd and Stephanie guiding the team during construction of the foundation. Photo by URDT. 19-7-2022. A team of three Engineers Without Boarders from the Republic of Germany arrived at Uganda Rural Development and Training Program (URDT) Campus on 18-07-2022. The purpose of the visit is to train the URDT-I graduates who are brick layers to…

Excitement was in the air of who would take the trophy 2022? until the last hour of the five-day competition.A team of 15 students from the URDT Girls School made three teams of five students per team: two teams for Secondary and one team for Primary played a series of tactical games. This made them…

Things and times change, but who knew that a time would come when lessons in Uganda would be conducted on Online? For those who have been to university, there was some semblance of remote teaching and learning. But none or few of us thought that even a nursery class could be conducted remotely. Indeed, things…

Uganda Rural Development Institute (URDT-I) trainees from three sectors of Tourism, Construction and Agriculture sit their first national DIT assessment exam at Kagadi URDT campus and other assessment centres. The assessment has been one of a kind that in a length of two years, the trainees had never been assessed on what had been trained….

Uganda rural development training program –URDT has launched a cervical cancer project in Kakumiro district. This followed the expired contract of three years work in Kagadi district where the Project started from. The launching function which took place yesterday was held at Barrack hotel in Kakumiro town, Kakumiro district According to the URDT cervical cancer…

The URDT Institute was established to create a critical mass of all-round male and female young entrepreneurs who have integrity and the capacity to improve their situation, become responsible citizens, and contribute to larger sustainable development goals. The URDT Institute offers both technical and life skills training on a short-term basis. The URDT Institute which…

There was joy and excitement at African Rural University (ARU) on 30th 04 2021 as it held her 6th graduation virtually with 11 students receiving their Bachelor’s degrees in Rural Development. The colorful ceremony was held at the University’s main campus at URDT in Kagadi town, Kagadi district. ARU Chancellor Justice Ezekiel Muhanguzi asked the…

COVID 19 is real! Stay Health stay safe 2020 started like other years of the calendar and the rumor that hovered about a strange Flu in China in early December of 2019 was ignored as Senseless. Like a fetus developing in the mothers’ abdomen without the knowledge of its premature disposal; that was the situation…

The Vice-Chancellor African University Mwalimu Musheshe’s article in The New Vision news of 29th June 2020 page 19 giving guidelines on COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic should not only be discerned as a negative phenomenon with lamentations, regrets, and frustration, but something Ugandans and the government can learn from. The Coronavirus has taught Ugandans how to…

Kagadi Kibaale Community Radio(KKCR) donate free airtime to Kagadi district education department to teach learners. Kagadi Kibaale Community Radio 91.7FM on the 25th April 2020 donated free airtime to the Kagadi district education department to teach learners since schools were closed to curb the spread of coronavirus. The vice chancellor of African Rural University Dr….