| dc.description.abstract | African Rural University is an all women University that provides a transformative education,
and trains women in transformative, creative and innovative technologies that enable them to
enhance their capabilities in transforming rural communities, thereby bringing about
transformation. This is partly done under the Bachelor of Rural Development (BRD) degree
programme whose curriculum is 40% practical and 60% theoretical. In order to implement the
practical component of the curriculum, students are subjected to project work, a one-month
village practicum, and a one-year internship. The implementation of the 40% practical requires
students to conduct participatory action research and community action planning.
This report presents the results of the one-month practicum. The practicum was under taken
from 1st to 31st April, 2023 in Kakooga Cell trains women in transformative, creative and
innovative technologies that enable them to enhance their capabilities in transforming rural
communities hence bringing about transformation.
The practicum was implemented in the period of one month from 1st to 30th April 2023 in
Kakooga cell, Nyantonzi parish, Kyaterekera Town Council, Kagadi district. The intern was
placed in the family of Mr. Kisembo John and Mrs. Kunihira Florence.
The intern worked with both the females and males at family, group and community level
whereby the intern facilitated the process of reviewing the visions, demonstrated technologies,
improved sanitation and hygiene and mobilized different meetings during the one-month
practicum.
The methods and techniques used in the practicum include visionary approach, community
action planning, appreciative inquiry, observation, participatory action research, frames,
interview and structural tension chart.
In conclusion, the intern enabled the community members to foster effective rural
transformation through collective and participative learning hence creating a strong and
functional boundary between African Rural University and the rural community members | en_US |
