Dear everyone,
Thank you very much for your response to my humble post regarding the educational and learning event Makerere University Centre for Lifelong Learning and URLCODA will be organizing for the people in the West Nile region at Odravucaku Border Past of June 14, 2016. Both Makerere University and URLCODA are meant to serve those in need in Uganda and beyond and are humbled the gesture of support of any form you have communicated. Charles Male, thanks very much for sending the post to Kobokonet and initiating a move to make me meet with staff of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa, Canada and African Studies Programme at Carleton University – go ahead with all the arrangements. Charles Draecabo, your interest, not only to contribute, but also personally attend the event is heart warming and highly welcome. The research partnerships I am trying to build globally needs people of your calibre and we will be honoured to have you during this historic event, remember you were once nominated for URLCODA Board membership and may be the time for you to serve has now come. Steven Masiga, thank you for your nice and encouraging words and you are most welcome back to the republic of West Nile and you remember URLCODA and Centre for Lifelong Learning are putting up a joint proposal to support cultural institutions in Uganda; and who knows tomorrow we shall be hosted by you in Masaba land. Bosco Ezangu, for you I want to say thank for what you people are doing on ground. Education and learning are the only two things left for some of us to forge ahead and just go ahead, we will all be there to support your efforts to promote literacy across the board. Rose Sakaru, what an inspirational and educative message from you thousands of miles away. I am proud of you because you have not forgotten us. Thanks for the mobilization you have initiated in Vurra and I am informed we shall be hampered by lack of transport, but I will discuss with the Prime Minister to see how those people make it to the event. Charles Oguzu, I am not a honourable member, but thanks for bestowing upon us that huge and adorable title and your appreciation of the humble efforts being made to transform the communities in Uganda in general and West Nile in particular has been noted and we look forward to working with you soon. Ojan Egits Tommy, Lira is in Uganda and I just have to say you are most Well come back to West Nile, this time your sixth visit - Greetings to our Brother RDC Oyaa Charles Koma, thanks for your heart warming message and efforts to mobilize and offer support to those in Adjuman who will come to attend this unique event. My next move is that the Centre for Lifelong Learning must establish a home at Adjuman and please do take this challenge up with immediate effect. Augustine Imma, I remember sharing a Decker with you over 20 years ago at St. Joseph’s College Ombaci and finally we have touched base. I appreciate your words of wisdom and support and I am sure the Leadership of URLCODA, Arua District Local Government and Lugbara Cultural Institution are noting this with keen interest and will communicate to you at an appropriate time. You are most welcome and I hope to see you at Entebbe Airport when I arrive on June 12, 2016 with our Guests from Scotland. I am also glad you have taken time off to go and acquaint yourself with situations in Uganda and the West Nile region, thanks very much. May God Help and bless you!! Members, Augustine Imma Gudu and Rose Sakaru have taken this discussion beyond URLCODA and I would like to copyg this mail to the West Nile Development Foundation fraternity and other fora like Ombaci old boys Association who are all interested in bringing about positive change into West Nile and Uganda in general. As the National Coordinator Makerere University Centre for Lifelong Learning, I want to encourage you to keep the fire burning and do come to witness this historic event. The participatory action research agenda I am trying put onto the table is for all of us and any contribution of any kind will be highly welcome. Hope to hear more from you later. Yours sincerely, *Willy Ngaka, PhD* *Coordinator, Makerere University Centre for Lifelong Learning* On 15 May 2016 at 20:43, Willy Ngaka <wng...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > > > On behalf of Dr. Rogers Ayiko, the Chair URLCODA and on my own behalf as > the National Coordinator for Makerere University Centre for Life Long > Learning, I would like to share with some information regarding a wonderful > event that is going to be unveiled for the people of West Nile. > > > > Dr William Worodria and Mr. Alfred Andama, you may recall that in the > workshop we attended at Hotel Sojovalo on Rubaga Road I shared with you a > partnership we are forging to engage in research to foster community > development in Uganda by making Makerere University work with indigenous > organizations and Universities from other parts of the world. As a follow > up of that workshop, the Management of Uganda Rural Literacy and Community > Development Association (URLCODA) and Makerere University Centre for > Lifelong Learning in the College of Education and External Studies shall be > organizing a jaw dropping Educational and Learning Event for the people of > West Nile on Tuesday June 14, 2016 at Odravucaku Trading Centre near the > Democratic Republic of Congo Border. The choice of the venue is strategic > in terms of the future research envisaged that will benefit the three > countries namely DRC, Uganda and South Sudan. > > > > During this unique one-day event, interested members of the public shall: > > - Listen to a key note speech by Onesmus Dralega – (who > graduated recently with Masters in Adult Education from University of > KwaZulu-Natal) on “how education is the only key we can use to unlock the > potential of our people and transform our societies” > > - Witness “a mouth watering” graduation ceremony of about 50 > student now completing their short courses of Makerere University at Arua > and Yumbe Centres in three areas namely: Public Administration and > Management, Administrative Law and Programme Monitoring and Evaluation > > - Observe reading competition by children who are engaged in > learning literacy in URLCODA Community Library > > - Enjoy culturally oriented performance by adult literacy > learners of Okokoro and Odracaku Community Learning Centres; and > > - View educative and informative drama and testimonies by > members of URLCODA HIV/AIDS Club members (both from Uganda and DRC) > > > > So far, the following things are fast unfolding: > > - The RDC Arua who will also be graduating on that is in charge > of organizing the graduands in Arua and Yumbe > > - Mr. Augustine Imma/Mr. Stephen Koms have already mobilized 35 > participants from Adjuman as well as transport for them > > - Mr. Mande Dicky will take charge of mobilizing 45 – 50 > learners from Okokoro Adult Literacy Class > > - Rose Sakaru/Droti Dickens/Lematia are bringing along 30 – 45 > participants from Vura > > - Judith Eleru is working with the 60 members of URLCODA > HIV/AIDS Club in Odravucaku > > - Dr. Willy Ngaka will come with 10 – 15 visitors (academics) > from Makerere University and University of Glasgow; and > > - Rt. Hon. Aruna Ndema will mobilize Arua District Leaders and > transport for participants > > - Arua Primary School Brass band shall make day lively and > memorable > > - Internationally acclaimed and renowned senior consultant > surgeon for spinal cord injuries Hon Dr. Maurice Peter Siminyu has > confirmed attendance > > - Etc. > > > > We shall continue to update you as the event unfolds. All those interested > in supporting this event can get more information from Dr. Rogers Ayiko ( > ayi...@yahoo.com) or Mr. Bosco Ezanngu (ezangubo...@gmail.com) or Dr. > William Worodria (worod...@yahoo.com) or Mr. David Ajuaba ( > ajuabada...@yahoo.com) or Bosco Rumaga (bosco.rum...@gmail.com) or > Augustine Imma (agmos...@gmail.com) or Rose Sakaru ( > sakarosedeh...@yahoo.com). Kindly do feel free to forward this to anyone > you think might be interested being part of this and subsequent events. > > > > Thank you very much. > > > > Yours sincerely, > > > > Willy Ngaka, PhD > > National Coordinator, Makerere University Centre for Lifelong Learning >
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