Uganda community Art skill Development and Recycling (UCASDR) Collaborates with Makerere University- College of Engineering Design Art and Technology (CEDAT) Students in the Community

Community angament in Recycling plastics

Students looking at plastics and preparing 

The community Members looking how to mix the ingrediants

Group picture

The chairperson kalerwe getting inspired to see the brick from plastics

Students and DR Venny Nakazibwe Deputy Principal from CEDAT -Makerere University working with UCASDR in the community, making affordable bricks from recycled plastics.
Dr Veny is currently the Head of the PBL project a collaboration between Makerere University and Aalto University Finland

Makerere University CEDAT students working with Tusiime Mathias

 

Students of CEDAT-Makerere University working and Tusiime Mathias from UCASDR working on Plastic Recycling.

Plastic Bricks in the Mound

 Bricks made from recycled plastics,
For details about Tusiime Mathias and some products he has been making out of plastics here is the links for details; http://tusiimemathias.blogspot.ug/2013/03/uganda-community-art-skill-devolopment.html?m=1
https://cedat.mak.ac.ug/staff-profiles/tusiime-mathias/
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Water Hycithen crafts Work in progress at # uganda #1community #1Art#1skills #1Development#1and #Recycling #(UCASDR)#2 water#1# Environment#Health#sustainability# The Journey of a thousands Miles begins with one step .........by Lao-Tzu

sorting water 

Tusiime Mathias' Art: Uganda Community Art Skill Devolopment and Recycli...

Tusiime Mathias' Art: Uganda Community Art Skill Devolopment and Recycli...: The sculpture piece is made out of recycled plastics collected from the community,  for the better health and cleanliness  of the community...

Reaserch Innovations in Recycling water hyacinth to make paper, Crafts and sanitary Pads by uganda community Art skill Development and recycling {UCASDR}

Above water hyacinth are dried and prepared to start processing products as resource utilization in Uganda as well environmental sustainability

Juba University students Visits Galleries,Artist studios around Kampala, and Attend Print Making workshops at Makerere Universirty.

It was a pressures to receive students from Juba university- South Sudan, Headed by Prof Khalid Kodi,  from Brown college and Boston college in Boston MA USA

 We visited Arts,studio's and Galleries.

Artists,Ronex A himbisiibwe,Wadimba Edward, Jimes Nsamba  and farouk of Namungona children art centre, Harnessing talent Which hosts International residence programs.

Galleries visit's Nommo Gallery which is  a national gallery of uganda and many more in kampala

The second day We had a workshop at school of industrial and fine art Makerere Universirsity in prints making.

The workshop attended by both Juba University students and school of industrial and fine art print making students John Bosco Kanuge a lecturer in Margaret Trowel school of industrial industrial and fine Art gave them a lectures print making skills.

The workshop coordinated by Tusiime Mathias an Artist and Director, Uganda community art skills Development and recycling ( UCASDR).

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Above are students of Juba University with Dean school of Industrial and Fine Art -Makerere university,(Third from left) is the Dean,Dr Kizito Maria kasule and Fifth is Tusiime Mathias Artist and Director UCASDR

Artist Ronex Ahimbisiibwe with Students of Juba University and Prof Khalid Kodi fromBoston  and Brown college USA

Juba University students and Prof kalid kodi with Wadimba Edie( President Uganda Visual Artists Association)  

Makerere University and Alto UNiversity Finand Problems Based Learning(PBL)Students to invite UCASDR

Group picture after the workshop in front of College of Engineering Design Art and Technology(CEDAT)

Muhonen Matleena From Alto University Finland and Tusiime Mathias UCASDR

College of Engineering Design Art and Technology (CEDAT) students and Alto university students showing the innovated brick from plastic bottles.

 

 
Here is the poster UP-PLASTIC: Pre-event for Go Green week February 23, 2018

It was a honor and a privilege to be 

invited by two student teams, one from Makerere University college of Engineering Design Art and Technology, and another from Alto university in Finland, who have been working to solve problems based in communities through learning, example, turning plastic waste into valuable products,  was done during the workshop at CEDAT.

Students have innovated oven that melts plastics into bricks for construction.

#UCASDR#Tusiime mathias# have participated #exhibited# it's innovated sculptures#Art works#sand#melted plastics@ College of Engineering design Art and Technology#

Communities#recycled #plastics materials#ugandanArists#Finland alto university #students#Makerere university #CEDAT#

I hope this is the only way how challenges will be solved though higher #institutions# of learning working with local communities to solve problems in the societies as well fill the gap between higher institutions of learning and grass root communities.

Thanks #Alto University#Makerere university#students#and# lectures# for the invitation#

The project is collaboration between Makerere University and Alto University was brought to live within the three-year Problem-Based-Learning (PBL) East Africa initiative, which brings together multidisciplinary student teams from four universities to develop sustainable solutions to community challenges in 2017–2020 and aims to strengthen Problem-Based Education in East African Universities. Learn more about PBL East Africa here:www.aaltoglobalimpact.org/pbl-east-africa  

We thank makerere University and Alto University for providing us the venue to showcase our work while engaging in UP-PLASTIC: Pre-event for Go Green week February 23, in front of CEDAT.