Project Report
| Nov 13, 2024
Purpose of sharing knowledge: cordial principle
By George Obua | Project Leader
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Students share knowledge among themselves
The purpose of sharing knowledge as the cordial principle
At Kole Intellectual Forum, Institute of home Economics a lot is done to cultivate knowledge into the mindset of students; with hope of ensuring they get the best learning outcome from their students; hence, they treat sharing knowledge as the cordial principle of learn that can have many purposes and these are fond to be:
- Promoting a learning culture. Sharing knowledge can encourage engagement and collaboration among students.
- Encouraging innovation. Sharing ideas and perspectives can lead to new solutions and approaches to problems.
- Improving decision making. Access to relevant knowledge can help improve decision making.
- Increasing productivity. Students that practice a culture of knowledge sharing tend to have higher productivity.
- Preserving and enhancing culture. Sharing knowledge can help pass down traditions, stories, and practices from generation to generation.
- Boosting students’ performance. Sharing knowledge can improve communication, collaboration, and knowledge management practices.
- Promoting continuous improvement. Sharing successes, failures, and lessons learned can help individuals and every students to learn from past experiences.
Nov 13, 2024
KIFA hires medical personnel to advocate: HIV/AIDS
By George Obua | Project Leader
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Expert from the MOH trains the youth - HIV/AIDS
KIFA hires medical personnel to advocate for HIV/AIDS
With an attempt to equip the youth within the area of its operation with the knowledge of how to prevent and control spread of HIV/AIDS; Kole Intellectual Forum has hired expert from the Ministry of Uganda (MOH), to talk to them and also brief them of the sources of information and ways of living HIV/AIDS free; these included among others, the:
- Life skills training guide: This guide is available from the Health and Education Resource Centre and covers HIV/AIDS and substance use prevention. It includes modules, exercises, games, lectures, and case studies.
- Training course for HIV/AIDS counselors: This course is available from the MOH Knowledge Management Portal.
- UNMISS training: The United Nations Peacekeeping supports training on HIV/AIDS prevention.
- Vocational training with HIV prevention: This program is available for Ugandan youth and includes a 10-session Street Smart HIV prevention program.
And some ways to reduce the risk of getting HIV include:
- Getting tested for HIV
- Using condoms
- Limiting the number of sexual partners
- Getting tested and treated for STDs
- Talking to a health care provider about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Not injecting drugs
- Having only low-risk sex
- Only having partners with the same HIV status
- A Training Course for HIV/AIDS Counselors
Taking into account that:
Positive Prevention Counseling: A Training Course for HIV/AIDS Counselors | MOH Knowledge Management Portal; and that, show all, is for an informational purpose that are used mainly only for medical advice or diagnosis or through consultation of the professionals
Nov 12, 2024
Director: KIFA verifying organizational progress
By George Obua | Project Leader
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Visiting Director: Verifies the progress -KIFA
Director: KIFA verifying organizational progress
In an attempt to verify the organizational success of Kole Intellectual Forum; as it has always been the ways of verification of the organization for the last eight years of its operation that is, since 2016; the annual meeting of the organization have directed the Directors (non-siting ones, each one of them) to at least come and verify the successes of the organization and where necessary to advise the management of the areas that needed the correction.
Their direction of verification are on these areas:
- To verify how the resources are being used
- To verify the management processes
- To listen—and write down questions of the employees including the students
- To review the tools at hand
- To look at the organization structure.
- To introduce him/herself to the organizational team
- To fill out any profile information to increase visibility.