Laudato Si Club of St Joseph's Technical Institute - Virika (SJTI) of Uganda Martyrs University Fort Portal

LSiC SJTI aims to build the capacity of the Club Members to work towards combating poverty, utilize the acquire marketable technical and vocational skills taught at the institute, and establish sustainable self-employment opportunities after graduation. This approach promotes a culture of environmental responsibility, innovation, research, entrepreneurship community engagement, and sustainable development, empowering graduates to contribute to Uganda’s economic growth while safeguarding its natural environment as Stewards of the Future in that Laudato Si Club.

The LSiC SJTI integrates environmental conservation into its educational and skills-development programmes by promoting values of sustainability, environmental stewardship, biodiversity protection, responsible resource use, waste reduction, tree planting, and ecosystem restoration. Through the Laudato Si Club, campus greening initiatives, sustainable construction practices, and community-based conservation activities, the Club seeks to nurture environmentally responsible graduates who understand the importance of protecting natural resources for present and future generations.

In 2014 SJTI was placed under the established faculty of engineering and applied sciences of Uganda Martyrs University,

The LSiC SJTI advances conservation restoration through teaching sustainable construction models, capacity building for self employment and trade skills after University embedded in Integral Ecology

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