Education for the Wider Community 2025
UOWA shares its knowledge beyond the campus. In 2025, our colleges and centres ran free educational activities for three groups in the wider community: local residents, displaced people and our alumni. The activities covered water conservation, preventive health and skills for work. This page lists each activity with its date, audience and reach.
2025 at a glance
|
Group |
Activity |
Date |
Reached |
|
Local community |
Water-saving workshop for farmers, Fadak Farm |
14 June 2025 |
73 farmers |
|
Local community |
Water-conservation awareness in schools |
Throughout 2025 |
350 pupils in 5 schools |
|
Local community |
Preventive health lectures in Karbala schools |
17 March 2025 |
260 pupils |
|
Displaced people |
Vaccination and preventive health awareness, Najaf Road |
30 June 2025 |
95 parents; 150 children vaccinated |
|
Alumni |
Career skills workshops for UOWA graduates |
18 November 2025 |
65 graduates |
1. Local community
Water-saving workshop for farmers at Fadak Farm
- Date: 14 June 2025
- Place: Fadak Farm, Karbala (an independent farm not owned by UOWA)
- Delivered by: a UOWA team
- Audience: 73 local farmers
- Topics: water conservation, efficient irrigation, cutting unnecessary water use and managing water resources responsibly
- Format: free workshop at the farm
- SDG: 6
The workshop built on UOWA’s ongoing support at the farm. The College of Engineering designed its drip irrigation network, and the Department of Information Technology installed soil-moisture sensors with weather-based irrigation scheduling.
Water-conservation awareness in schools
- Period: throughout 2025
- Delivered by: College of Engineering and College of Nursing
- Audience: 350 pupils in 5 Karbala schools (2 primary, 3 intermediate)
- Topics: why water resources matter, responsible water use, and practical ways to save water, in age-appropriate sessions
- SDG: 6
Preventive health lectures in Karbala schools
- Date: 17 March 2025
- Delivered by: academic staff and students of the College of Medicine
- Audience: 260 pupils in Karbala schools, including Ali Al-Asghar Secondary School for Orphans
- Partner: an orphans’ foundation
- Topics: personal hygiene, disease prevention, healthy daily habits, and how to avoid common and infectious diseases
- Format: lectures, with health education materials for participants. School principals helped reinforce the messages.
- SDG: 3
2. Displaced people
Vaccination and preventive health awareness for displaced families, Najaf Road
- Date: 30 June 2025
- Place: displaced community on Najaf Road, Karbala
- Delivered by: College of Nursing
- Audience: 95 parents of displaced children
- Education: awareness talks and leaflets on why childhood vaccination matters and on preventive healthcare
- Alongside: free vaccines for 150 displaced children
- SDGs: 3, 10
3. Alumni
Career skills workshops for UOWA graduates
- Date: 18 November 2025
- Organised by: Warith Centre for Leadership, Innovation and Development (Warith Elevate), as part of its graduate development programme
- Trainers: Eng. Karrar Rasool and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mahdi Al-Saadi
- Audience: 65 UOWA graduates
- Topics: effective communication and teamwork
- Format: workshops, part of a series of events the centre runs to help graduates succeed in the job market
- SDGs: 4 (skills for work), 8 (decent work)
The workshops helped graduates build the skills they need to find and keep good jobs.
Our commitment
UOWA will keep running outreach education for the wider community every year, linking the expertise of its colleges and centres with local needs in water, health, skills and sustainable development.
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