A Productive Day in Kampala.

Hello Everyone!

We have the pleasure to announce that Team Uganda is off with a great start to their project!

Today was by far our most productive day! We started with a meeting at 7 am with the Principal of the School of Veterinary Science at Makarere University, who gave us some great insight on the approaches we can take to this education project. We then went to Kyambogo University where Alejandra had a contact that happens to be a U of M graduate (yay!). The Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs was delighted to have us and provided some practical advice on the process of starting a university from nothing; he was quite nostalgic of Minnesota and the U.S. after a short break we went to Uganda Christ University, which is a private institution about 45 mn outside of town.

The four of us on the campus, it was beautiful (courtesy of Chris Johnstone, our Advisor):

More understanding was provided essentially about how to design the curriculum to make it more appealing and relevant to targeted students.

We then had a meeting with a development consultant, author, entrepreneur and economist about fish farming and education innovation, while we devoured pizzas on a terrace, a very insightful session in my opinion. After such a large and first meal, we all became the willing victims to a well-deserved nap back at one of our hotels.  Then followed the entertainment. We went to Ndege Center to witness an amazing cultural experience!

Here are a couple of pictures that hardly make it justice:

Thank you for reading our blog!

Best,

Team Uganda.