Butende Technical Institute

In Butende, a village northwest of Masaka, lies the St. Charles Lwanga Institute, a vocational school that offers numerous training courses. The courses offered include wood technology, plumbing, construction, electrical, motor mechanics, fashion and design, accounting, business administration, secretarial and office management. These two-year courses lead to the official Uganda National Examination Board qualification. Shorter courses in carpentry, solar technology, automotive repair, plumbing, tailoring, electrical installation, masonry, welding and computer studies are also available.

Ongoing measures
2023: Two-week teacher training course "Sustainable Learning" (SES)
2022 - 2023: With funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Beurer Foundation - 1. construction of a boarding school for about 200 trainees - 2. workshop on "personal responsibility and society" with a focus on critical thinking, resilience and democracy promotion - 3. creation of a child protection guideline by the school association of the diocese of Masaka
2020 - 2024: Introduction of the programme "Student Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion" (STEP) to promote entrepreneurial skills among the trainees. Implementation takes place in close cooperation with the STEP team at Leuphana University Lüneburg.

Completed measures
2022: Further training "Maintenance, repair and use of new machines" at the carpentry training workshop.
2019: Further training "Maintenance, repair and use of new machines" at the carpentry training workshop.
           Equipping the workshop with machines.
2018: Further training "Maintenance, repair and work techniques" at the plumber's training workshop.
           Further training "Maintenance, repair and use of new equipment" at the carpentry workshop.
           Equipping the plumber and carpenter training workshops with equipment and machines
2017: Equipment with machines for the carpentry workshop