Course Information: 1 credit of Globe 4960
The Next Generation Institute will be held for the second time in January 2025 for upperclassmen undergraduate and graduate students interested in learning more about rural development. The institute will take place on Iowa State's satellite campus in Kamuli, Uganda.
Since 2003, the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL) in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University has worked side-by-side with Kamuli District residents to discover and implement sustainable solutions to meeting the community’s most urgent needs. Starting with farmer training, the center has evolved into programming that touches every stage of the life cycle. During this time, CSRL has designed, developed, and managed sustainable rural livelihood programs in Eastern Uganda, which assist in furthering the achievement of UN Sustainable Development Goals. Day-to-day operations in Uganda are managed by a successful team of nearly 50 staff in the NGO named Iowa State University-Uganda Program (ISU-UP).
At the end of the Development Workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe and explain components of high-impact activities used in sustainable rural livelihood programs.
- Examine good practices used in rural development programs and integrate these into project designs.
- Create a new project design for use in a sustainable rural development program.
This program is open to undergraduate seniors and graduate students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
For questions or more information, contact Ms. Sofia Fernandez, workshop coordinator, at sbf@iastate.edu