IUC 2021 Phase In MUST

Ongoing

University as a Facilitator for Community Based Sustainable Solutions to Demographic Challenges in South Western Uganda (UCoBS)

UCoBS programme focuses on strengthening Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) flagship, the Community Based Education, Research and Service. The goal is to achieve improved and sustainable household livelihoods of the Most at Risk Populations by addressing their demographic challenges.

The project is composed out of 6 sub-projects: (click on the projects to get a short presentation)

Intervention	Team Leader Uganda	Team Leader Flanders	University FTL
Improved conservation practices of the environment and natural resources	Medard Twinamatsiko	Stefaan Smis	Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Mechanisms for Climate Change Adaptation for Sustainable Food Production	Grace Kagoro	Matthieu Kervyn	Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Increased access and utilization of affordable energy technologies	Johnes Obungoloch	Maarten Vanierschot	KU Leuven
Improved sexual and reproductive health and rights of women, children and adolescents	Joseph Ngonzi	Kristien Roelens	UGent
Increased youth employability through skilling, innovations, experiential learning and technology transfer	Manasseh Tumuhimbise	Lies Vanhaelemeesch	HOWEST
Improved Institutional and Community ICT Capacity to Access and Utilise Information	Fred Kaggwa	Rudy Gevaert	UGent

More information on the project can be found here.

Watch their introductory movie here.

Find out more on our previous projects with MUST.

On 14 October 2021, a connect session with MUST took place. Find out more here.

Intervention type

Institutional University Cooperation

Duration

01/03/2021 - 31/08/2022

This project is being implemented in:

Uganda