KUganda is an educational project of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt which has the aim of bringing students into contact with different educational contexts already during their course of study. This will raise the students’ awareness for global challenges in the context of educational justice and promote joint, cross-cultural learning. This is why every year, students and lecturers travel to Kampala in order to attend joint workshops with Ugandan teachers. They develop teaching materials, apply team teaching methods to test new ideas and concepts and collect money for teaching materials and books with a special fundraising program.

The Chair of Didactics of Religious Education, Catechetics, and Religious Education shows great interest in KUganda. In 2013, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kropač participated in an internship trip to Uganda and has supported the project ever since. Furthermore, Teresa Braun (research associate at the Chair until January 2017) was comprehensively involved in the KUganda project work and supported the project with teaching methodology and organizational aspects together with other University members.

For further information, please visit: www.kuganda.org

From June 26 to July 02, 2016, six students from Makerere University Kampala (Uganda) visited the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt together with their lecturer Dr. Laurence. The exchange program was organized by the KUganda project. The group visited different educational institutions in Eichstätt and also met with KU students. Their program schedule also included numerous cultural activities.

Report on Ugandan visit by Teresa Braun and Katharina Zöpfl, published in AGORA in fall 2016.

Here you can see some photos of the visit:

From September 10 to 30, 2015, a group of twelve KU members visited Uganda for a school internship. The group was accompanied amongst others by Teresa Braun, research associate at the Chair of Didactics of Religion, Catechetics, and Religious Education.

Press report on 2015 visit to Uganda (October 26, 2015)

Here you can see some photos and impressions of the visit:

In spring 2013, a KU delegation visited Uganda for the second time. Students had the opportunity to complete an internship. At St. James Primary School in Kampala/Uganda, Prof. Kropac and Teresa Braun conducted investigations on the topic areas of ideas of afterlife “What do you think comes after death” and ideas of Creation “What do you think how the world came into existence?” with pupils of different age groups. In the context of this visit, the delegation also gained insight into the school and educational situation at this public primary school. Delegation participants also met with women suffering from AIDS.

In fall 2013, the University held a Uganda night at the Aula.

Poster Uganda night (October 22, 2013)

Press report Uganda night (Eichstätter Kurier, No. 255, dated November 5,2013, p.22)

Here you can find some impressions of the internship trip: