The activities both in Lubaga hospital and Uganda Catholic Social Training Centre culminated in the construction of the Grail center Lubaga. The house was completed and officially opened on 15th August 1966. Today the center is the central seat of the Grail in Uganda.
Kampala Region is made up of:-
- Lubaga Community Centre
- Uganda Catholic Management Institute
- Our Lady of Nazareth Nakirebe Grail Community
In 1955 Joan Dilworth arrived in Uganda to start social work activities in Lubaga diocese which is now Kampala Archdiocese and the nearby dioceses. Later other Grail women Hilde Derksen, Friedel Steven, Alice Dougan, Jessica Stuber, and 4 many volunteers came to support the social work activities that had grown. These formed teams in different parts of the country. They formed many women’s clubs and coordinated the work at the national level. Through their work, the team members brought the National Council of Catholic women into being a coordinating body for all Catholic women’s organizations in the country. This later gave birth to Uganda Catholic Women’s Guild.
The activities gave birth to Uganda Catholic Social Training Centre which was formally established in 1969 as a National Training Institute by Uganda Episcopal Conference but was founded and run by the Grail Community. To date the Institute is a fully-fledged Tertiary institution of Higher Learning training students in many Certificate and Diploma courses including but not limited to:
- Social Development
- Hotel Management, Institutional Catering and Tourism
- Fashion Design and Interior Decoration
- Social Works and Social Administration
- Adult and Community Education
- Ecological Organic Agriculture
- Gender and Development Studies
In 2009, a prime land in Nakirebe 22km from Kampala was found. This land was acquired for the Grail and from the bushy, thorny place it was then, it has since then been transformed into a Grail farm. The place was developed into a demonstration farm to help people in the neighborhood to learn organic farming as well as the schools around. Additionally, other activities are e carried out alongside farming because they are many needs according to the needs assessment done. With help from Porticus, a Grail home was constructed there to accommodate Grail members who are to run and manage the programs there.
- The Grail in Uganda has it into a Grail farm and home including but not limited to the following:
Awareness-raising concerning environment protection, sustainable organic agriculture collective farming to be done once a week in one member’s family e.g. compost making, manure application, banana plantation establishment and management, vegetable growing, fruits, contour making, and many others
- Training in nutrition, improved situation, prevention of diseases, and methods of preserving farm products organically.
- Expand the wine project
- To grow the farm to a demonstration farm for other farmers to come and learn from there.
- To work with Uganda Catholic Management and Training Institute (those who study agriculture) to come for exposure visits and fieldwork.
- Construct a fish pond.
- Extension of the banana plantation and management.
Fence the farm with demarcating poles plus planting fruit treesz