Saint Bakhita's Vocational Training Center

We're a lab for education. We're an epicenter for innovation. We're accelerating generational change for women. In partnership with the University of Notre Dame, and in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Gulu, Saint Bakhita’s re-launched in November 2021 with the creation of the Innovation Scholars program, to reimagine a new way to deliver vocational education. This first cohort of 78 Innovation Scholars have the opportunity to learn a vocational skill (tailoring, hair dressing, agriculture, or catering), while also receiving foundational training in agroforestry, computers, financial management and entrepreneurship. Students at Saint Bakhita’s work closely with students at Notre Dame to collaborate on entrepreneurial innovations, and together work closely with the community to ensure innovations have a broad, positive impact on the economic prosperity of the region.