Tag Archives: U.S mission

The AWE initiative has reached the country’s key areas, including Kampala, Jinja, Mbale, Arua, Gulu, Lira, Kabarole, and Mbarara, transforming the landscape of women-led enterprises Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The U.S. Mission, through the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program, has supported 748 Ugandan women in business since its …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The U.S. Mission in Uganda has completed and handed over infrastructure projects in seven districts in Northern Uganda. These projects include the Atiak-Karawal Road in Amuru District and classroom blocks, teacher housing units, and pit latrines at primary schools in Lamwo, Kitgum, and Nwoya …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States- US Mission has recognized human rights defender, Margaret Sekaggya with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Sekaggya received the award during the inaugural U.S Mission Alumni Impact Awards Ceremony held at Sheraton Hotel on Saturday. The event was organized to honor the impact of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The U.S. Mission to Uganda has extended additional aid worth USD 13.3 million (49.2 billion Shillings), to support activities in the refugee communities in the country. This assistance is a response to the joint United Nations appeal to address COVID-19 needs in Uganda.  The World …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States Mission in Uganda has provided additional funding of USD 10 million (37.8 billion Shillings) towards the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chris Krafft, the Head of the U.S. Mission in Uganda said that the U.S Agency for International Development awarded the …

By Independent reporter The U.S. Mission to Uganda has announced a donation of $12 million to the UN World Food Program (WFP) Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation in support of refugees in Uganda and the chronically food-insecure people in the Karamoja region, it said in a Jan. 17 statement. It said the U.S. …