Travelling without Moving: Transferable training and improved access in rural Uganda

Abstract

Improved Access to Online Resources’ was a series of three-day workshops run in four rural regions of Uganda (Kayunga, Mukono, Jinja and Kalangala). The aim of these workshops was to provide much needed training in access to, and awareness of, information resources. By reaching out to a variety of roles and teaching transferable skills, key information was extended beyond the large city centres, to 200 researchers, extension agents, policy makers and students