Abstract:
The industrial training was conducted at Soroti Catholic Diocese Integrated Development Organization (SOCADIDO). SOCADIDO is a development arm of Soroti Catholic Diocese in Eastern Uganda with its head offices at plot 27, Serere road, Soroti municipality. It is active in districts of Amuria, Kaberamaido, Katakwi, Kumi, Soroti, Ngora and Serere.
Its current interventions are large in the fields of; Agricultural development for enhanced livelihoods and stability, Business and income security, Disaster risk reduction and climate change adoption.
During the internship, the following activities were carried out; orientation, making of a work plan, banana plantation management, end of month general meeting, making compost manure, project introduction, farmer identification for group formation, data entry of beneficiaries; nursery bed preparation and management, potting of tomatoes, M&E framework development. and validation workshops, caritas week celebrations, ADEFO-MAP project meetings, making quarterly reports and plans, planting of crops, transplanting of seedlings, layering, grafting, budding, meetings with DTWGs and C-TWGs, honey processing.
The internship increased my skills in extension, agricultural development, disaster risk reduction, value addition and marketing. I also made connections, learnt more about culture and norms of work. I therefore recommend the organization to increase the number of equipment for work at the demonstration site and for Busitema to carryout regular follow-ups on their students during the internship period.
