What is DIY Do It Yourself Uganda

DIY-Do It Yourself® Uganda (DIY Uganda) is a project that has since 2019 conducted the innovative DIY-Do It Yourself® Skills Training Programme (DIY) under the Eastern and Southern Africa Capacity Building Centre (ESACBC) Uganda. The DIY Do It Yourself Skills Training Programme is a non-formal innovative 90% hands-on technical skills training programme for all interested people, irrespective of their education, financial, social, age, gender, or ability status with the. 10% of the training is through observation and demonstration videos and less emphasis is put on prior education certificates but rather on willingness of a person to do hands-on work.

The main objective of the DIY-Do It Yourself® Skills Training Programme is to conduct short duration courses that equip all categories of people with basic hands-on technical skills that enable them to do practical projects themselves at home, at school and in their day to day life. The mission of DIY-Do It Yourself® Uganda is to demystify Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), make it more accessible to the public and promote a DIY culture. It also complements the programmes by the Government such as skilling Uganda, the New Curriculum for Lower Secondary School in Uganda and the proposed New Curriculum for Upper Secondary School in Uganda being developed by the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) of Uganda. In support of the New Curriculum for Lower Secondary School in Uganda, DIY-Do It Yourself® Uganda has been conducting on-campus DIY-Do It Yourself® Skills Training at Namilyango College and St. Maria Goretti Senior Secondary School- Katende.

The major skills of focus are Coding, Electronics and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Electricity and Solar, Motor Vehicle Mechanics, Building Construction, Wood Work (carpentry), Plumbing, Welding and Fabrication and Machining of metal parts. Other tailor made courses are arranged on demand.