Uganda Rural Development and Training Programme (URDT) was founded 1987 to address the missing link in development programmes, the merger of truly functional education; consciousness and conscience raising; skills training; rural development interventions with the intent of empowering marginalized people living in rural communities in Uganda. URDT has evolved, applied and tested a rural development methodology based on the principles of the creative process and systems thinking. The organization distributes resources such as water pumps to farmers in rural sub-counties to support sustainable agricultural development. It founded formal innovative education institutions that train young people to become catalysts of change by using the URDT methodology: The URDT Girls School that uses the 2-generation approach to education The URDT Institute for Vocational Training and Youth Leadership The African Rural University- provides transformational education to create effective change agent.
Uganda Rural Development and Training Programme (URDT) was founded 1987 to address the missing link in development programmes, the merger of truly functional education; consciousness and conscience raising; skills training; rural development interventions with the intent of empowering marginalized people living in rural communities in Uganda. URDT has evolved, applied and tested a rural development methodology based on the principles of the creative process and systems thinking. The organization distributes resources such as water pumps to farmers in rural sub-counties to support sustainable agricultural development. It founded formal innovative education institutions that train young people to become catalysts of change by using the URDT methodology: The URDT Girls School that uses the 2-generation approach to education The URDT Institute for Vocational Training and Youth Leadership The African Rural University- provides transformational education to create effective change agent.