Bududa Vocational Academy
At Bududa Vocational Academy, we offer more than just programs in tailoring and sewing, carpentry, bricklaying, nursery education, hairdressing, and motor vehicle repair. We offer hope. Our two-to-three-year accreditation programs empower our students to lift themselves out of poverty through gainful employment or entrepreneurship.
As the only vocational school in the Bududa District of Uganda, we take pride in our commitment to providing quality education and practical skills to 200 students each term. Our students come from all over the surrounding region, and we make sure they feel at home by providing residential dormitories and meals.
We're not just any educational institution; we're licensed and accredited by the Ugandan government, earning full academic accreditation in 2017. Meeting all standards, including requiring all students to take coursework in English, Swahili, entrepreneurship, and computers.
Our vocational programs
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BVA offers Skills, Junior, and National Certificate programs for students interested in pursuing a career of applying design, aesthetics, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories. A good tailor is an artist and business person who listens to the customer and produces quality garments and household items. These certificate programs are learner-centered and competency-based. Students acquire skills through practical teaching and the execution of projects.
Modules of Instruction:
-Trade Terms
-Tools and Equipment
-Tailoring Technology
-Textile science
-Pattern drafting
-Fashion and Design practice
-Vocational Mathematics
-Entrepreneurship Skills module
-Industrial TrainingAdditional Subjects of Instruction:
1. English Instructional Language
2. Kiswahili Instructional Language
3. Business Entrepreneurship
4. Computer Skills and Adobe Illustrators TrainingCareer Paths:
Tailor, Dressmaker or Custom Sewer
Fashion Designer
Pattern Maker
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BVA offers skills and junior certificate programs along with a National Certificate in Woodwork Technology.
In these courses, trainees learn a breadth of theory and practical skills in carpentry and woodworking along with the utilization of various trade tools. There is a focus on safety protocols, shop set-up, and customer relations skills. Students also engage in the creation of furniture for community clients and receive
Modules of Instruction Include the following:
-Maintenance and use of carpentry and joinery hand tools
-Preparation and use of carpentry and joinery portable power tools
-The production of woodworking joints
-The principles of construction, information, and communication
-Health, safety, and welfare in construction
-Construction of frames, trusses, eaves, and roofs.Additional Subjects of Instruction:
1. English Instructional Language
2. Kiswahili Instructional Language
3. Business Entrepreneurship
4. Computer Skills and AUTOCAD trainingCareer Paths:
Carpenter
Carpenter - joiner
Business Owner
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BVA offers skills, junior, and national certification programs for students to pursue in BCP. This program creates competency in the skills of bricklaying through technical instruction and practical hands-on experience both of which are necessary for employment in the field of construction. Students learn to set out foundations of buildings, erect walls and repair shallow wells. Students are also taught how to work with other structural materials like concrete and cement as well as instruction in science and mathematics.
Modules of Instruction, include the following:
-Building Tools and their Purpose
-Mortar and How it is Prepared
-Bonding and Types of Bonds, Building
-Setting out and the Methods of Setting Out
-Rules and Regulations Governing Sites and Workshops
-Practical Experience in Industrial Training (3 months)
-Mathematics
-Theory and Drawing
-Concreting
-Timbering and Battering of Trenches
-ScaffoldingAdditional Subjects
1. English Instructional Language
2. Kiswhaili Instructional Language
3. Business Entrepreneurship
4. Computer Skills and AUTOCAD trainingCareer Paths
Masonry
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BVA offers a two-year Nursery Teacher Training certificate program that is trainee-centered and practical-based. NTT equips students with the skills and knowledge necessary to work with young children in a variety of settings including nurseries, preschools, and daycare centers. The curriculum includes coursework in child development, early childhood education, and child psychology as well as practical experience working with children.
Modules of Instruction:
-Early Childhood Development
-Child Growth and Development
-Educational Psychology
-Language Development
-Cultural Education
-Special Needs Education
-Information, Communication and Education Technology
-Methods and approaches of teaching young children
-Material Development and Display
-Field Work, Child Student and Teaching Practice (practical)
-Administration and Management of Pre-Primary InstitutionAdditional Subjects of Instruction:
1. English Instructional Language
2. Kiswahili Instructional Language
3. Business Entrepreneurship
4. Computer Skills TrainingCareer Paths:
Nursery, Preschool or Daycare Center Teacher
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BVA offers skills, junior and national certificate programs that are trainee-centered and practical-based. Students gain a broad base knowledge of hair styling and are able to practice their skills on local customers that come to BVA for hairdressing services. The hairdressing department is equipped with hair washing basins and running water to maximize students skills based learning.
Modules of Instruction:
-Twisting
-Triple three braiding
-Pencil
-Weaving
-Crochets
-Gelling
-Barbering
-Wash and set
-Treatment
-Retouch
-Pineapple design
-DreadsAdditional Subjects of Instruction:
1. English Instructional Language
2. Kiswahili Instructional Language
3. Business Entrepreneurship
4. Computer Skills TrainingCareer Paths:
Hair Stylist
Self-employment in the service section -
BVA offers skills, junior, and national certification programs that are trainee-centered. We provide practical, hands-on learning in our workshops and service bays that are led by highly skilled teachers and technicians who have proven industry experience and are passionate about their trade and their students. The certificate programs provide skills needed for advancement within the industry. Students acquire automotive mechanic theory, skills, and practical instruction.
Modules of Instruction:
-Safety Precaution
-Personal Health and Hygiene
-Servicing and Repairs (e.g. engine, gearbox, tire rotation, changing oil)
-Cooling System
-Brake System
-Transmission
-Fuel System
-Suspension System
-Steering System
-Electric SystemAdditional Subjects of Instruction:
1. English Instructional Language
2. Kiswahili Instructional Language
3. Business EntrepreneurshipCareer Paths:
Automotive Technician
Automotive Body and related repairs
Automotive Engineering Technician
Automotive Mechanic
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Modules of Instruction:
-Land Management and Crop Production
-Basic Science, Occupational Safety and Health
-Agroforestry and Sustainable Agriculture
-Farm Structures and Agriculture Mechanization
-Value Addition and Marketing Farm ProductsAdditional Subjects of Instruction:
1. English Instructional Language
2. Kiswahili Instructional Language
3. Business EntrepreneurshipCareer Paths:
Crop Husbandry officer
Extension Worker
Agriculture TeacherAgronomists, Entomologist, Forestry Officer
Self-employment in service sectors
Quotes from the Community
Sponsor a Bududa Vocational Academy Student
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Sponsorship is $1,000 USD ($1,365 CAD) per year and can be paid monthly, quarterly, or annually.
USD CAD
Annual: $1,000 $1,365
Quarterly: $ 250 $ 345
Monthly: $ 85 $ 115 -
You’re right! $85 ($115 CAD) is more than other programs.
We think many of those programs are doing great work — but are very different than what we’re doing at BLC!
If you look at their info, you’ll see that most of the money they raise is pooled together to combat community issues, which is amazing but not what we’re doing.
Sponsorship funds will go directly to support the sponsored student to provide room and board, tuition, additional tutoring as needed, program supplies, and mentoring.
In short, your support will change this student’s life. Affording them the opportunity to think beyond daily struggles and create a better for themselves, their family, and their community.
Funds will not be used for building a well, hosting community training, or putting in a road. While worthwhile, when we do these projects, we raise funds specifically for them.
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Sponsorship funds will go directly to support the sponsored student to provide room and board, tuition, additional tutoring as needed, program supplies, and mentoring.
In short, your support will change this student’s life. Affording them the opportunity to think beyond daily struggles and create a better for themselves, their family, and their community.
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Yes! You will be matched with one student. You’ll be able to follow them through their program!
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Absolutely, you can select a particular vocational program that you’d like to support. Just add that to your online donation or check memo, and we’ll do our best to take that into consideration!
In accordance with our privacy policy, we are unable to provide a listing of students who are available for sponsorship. However, we’re happy to work together to provide an ideal match.
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Once you are matched with a student, you will receive a welcome letter from our staff, as well as a photo and letter from your student. You will also get an update on a regular basis from your student or from our Ugandan staff. (Testing times can be stressful for students!)
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We love that! You can download this form to include with your check or just mail a check.
Donations to Bududa America Foundation should be mailed to
827 BERKELEY AVE., CHARLOTTE, NC 28203Donations to Bududa Canada Foundation should be mailed to
1380 QUEEN ST W, TORONTO, ON, M6K-1L7, CANADA
