Uganda Service Learning Projects 2019
Iowa State University students work with students from Makerere University on one of eight bi-national team projects (agroforestry, beekeeping/youth entrepreneurship, hygiene and sanitation, irrigation, post-harvest loss reduction, poultry, school feeding, and soil improvement) as part of the Creating a School Garden: Service Learning in Uganda Program. Projects are aimed at enhancing the school gardening program and addressing issues faced by the schools while allowing students to practice working cross culturally to solve problems. After completing their projects students prepare posters to showcase the issue or problem in the school gardening program, what they did to address the issue, and what potential impacts may be. These posters are presented to the Iowa State University and Makerere University communities during events in fall semester, and are used by the subsequent service learners to prepare for their bi-national team projects.
Agroforestry
- Agroforestry Improvements to School Gardens in Rural Uganda (pdf)
- Agroforestry Improves School Gardens in Kamuli District (pdf)
Beekeeping/Youth Entrepreneurship
- Experiential Learning Through Beekeeping in Kamuli District, Uganda (pptx)
- Sustaining the Bee Keeping Program at Namasagali College in Kamuli, Uganda (pdf)
- Teaching Beekeeping as a Youth Entrepreneurial Activity in Kamuli (pdf)
Hygiene and Sanitation
- Improving the Health and Nutrition of Pupils at Ugandan Primary Schools (pptx)
- Potential Methods for Improving Hand Washing Sanitation Using Citric Acid (pptx)
- Public and Private Health Care in the Kamuli District (pdf)
- Strategies for Proper Sanitation and Health Hygiene (pdf)
Irrigation
- Impacts of diverting water by hand-dug channels in the Nile (pdf)
- Improving Irrigation Practices in School Gardens (pdf)
- Irrigation and composting practices to improve Ugandan school gardens (pptx)
Livestock Integration
- Expanding Pupils’ Knowledge of Animal Husbandry Through Poultry Clubs at Primary Schools (pptx)
- Expansion and Maintenance of Egg Laying Flocks (pdf)
Post-harvest Loss Reduction/ Food Security
- Decreasing Post-Harvest Losses Through Improved Grain Storage Education and Practices (pdf)
- Gender Based Violence and Food Security (ppt)
- Implementing Charcoal Coolers to Reduce Post-Harvest Losses (pdf)
- Improving Grain Storage at Namasagali Primary School (pptx)
School Lunches & Gardens
- An Early and Proactive Approach at Breaking the Poverty Cycle: Using Rural Elementary Agricultural Education (pdf)
- Developing A School Garden Map and Crop Rotation Plan for Namasagali Primary School (pdf)
- Developing a School Garden Map and Crop Rotation Plan for Nakanyonyi Primary School (pdf)
- Enhancing the Nutritional Value and Sustainability of the Nakanyonyi Primary School Lunch Program (pdf)
- Evaluating Tomato Seed Quality in Uganda (pdf)
- Fueling School Lunches with Trees (pptx)
- Increasing Availability of Animal Source Proteins for School Lunches (pptx)
- Preserving Otherwise Wasted Crops to Boost School Feeding in Kamuli (pptx)
- Repairing and Improving Fences at School Gardens in Kamuli (pptx)
- School Feeding and Nutrition Program in the Kamuli District (pdf)