EDI Uganda partnered with the Rotary Club of Njeru in organising very eventful Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) week activities from the 16-20 Jan 2023 AEC Community Library in Njeru Municipality.

The activities included Silent Reading, Buddy Reading, Small Group Read Aloud and Educative Video Shows with a Grand Finale graced by DG Rotary 9213 Rt Dr Mike Kennedy Sebalu. It attracted over 300 participants including children, youths and adults from adjacent and neighbouring communities in Njeru Central Division.

DEAR Week events are intended to promote and inculcate a reading culture in our communities and love of reading. This is within a framework of the Basic Education and Literacy Enhancement Project (BELEP), a signature initiative by Rotary 9213.

ICT Community of Practice (ICT Community of Practice) is a product of a research partnership involving MY CAREER UGANDA and University of Nottingham which started in 2022. This small scale initiative attempted to develop practice-based understanding on the role of ICT in agricultural extension (ICT4AE) with several digital and physical events and interactions at AEC Community College in Njeru Municipality.

Deeply engaging EDI Uganda volunteers, clients and participants, the ICT CoP focuses on developing ICT skills amongst its members and their local communities in the rural-urban areas of Njeru and Jinja (Uganda) which have little internet/ICT infrastructure.

The ICT Community of Practice is expanding with over 30 members including farmers, teachers, educationists, tutors, students, health workers, local government staff and informal sector dwellers. The CoP started to map where and how ICT is currently used, and to identify ICT knowledge gaps, barriers and possible solutions. They hold ‘Physical Learning Encounters’ (MPLE) teaching each other how to develop and use digital skills in their personal, professional and work routines.