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U.s.embassy Report 2 Ugandan People 2022
U.s.embassy Report 2 Ugandan People 2022
Contents
Reported figures cover 2021
Cover photo: Samalie Sasha, a beneficiary of the Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe
(DREAMS) program, dancing during an event at Kimmi Treatment Outpost, Koome Islands. (Photo: U.S. Mission)
The Report to the Ugandan People is published annually by the U.S. Mission in Uganda to highlight some of the most important U.S.-supported initiatives in the country.
The report also represents the dedication of American diplomats, locally employed staff, development partners, Ugandan health experts, Peace Corps volunteers, and many
other officials working to achieve our common goal of building a better and brighter future for all Ugandans.
U.S. Ambassador Natalie E. Brown with beneficiaries of a USAID resilience program at Bolipii Village, Gulu District.
U.S. Embassy staff joined USAID Mission Director Richard Nelson (second L-R) to receive a consignment of COVID-19
vaccine doses at Entebbe Airport.
21,788
babies born not breathing
2.8+million
couples received USAID-
296,600
Ugandans living with HIV
were resuscitated in U.S. supported family planning enrolled in TB preventive
government-supported services and modern therapy, helping them lead
health facilities. contraceptives. healthier lives.
266,000
adolescent girls and young
197,000
low-income Ugandans
women supported through
supported by USAID to
PEPFAR to reduce HIV
access and afford basic
incidence and expand
water services.
economic networks.
U.S. Ambassador Natalie E. Brown visited Kyagalanyi coffee factory in Mbale to see one of Uganda’s largest
coffee export operations. (Photo: U.S. Mission)
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield (right) visited Maganjo Grain Millers in
Kampala. USAID through Feed the Future is partnering with UNBS to support food processors to improve quality
and safety of their products. (Photo: U.S. Mission)
In 2021, USAID supported during COVID-19 lockdowns USAID supported the Uganda
the formulation, review, and between April 2020 and National Bureau of Standards
implementation of various April 2021, Uganda’s exports (UNBS) to simplify the East African
enabling environment policies, declined by 29.6%, and imports Community Maize Grain and Dry
including the National declined by 27.4%, according Beans standards into easy-to-read
Trade Policy, the National to the Bank of Uganda. To translated versions for farmers.
Cooperatives Policy, and address this challenge, USAID These awareness materials have been
the Trade Sector Investment supported the Ministry adopted by UNBS to simplify other
Plan. These policies will help of Trade, Industry and commodity standards and have also
Ugandan enterprises to offer Cooperatives to digitize its been adopted at the East African
competitive, safe, reliable, and trade registry, providing new Community level as reference
cost-effective products to local channels of electronic trade. materials for food graders and
and global markets. This reduced transaction costs handlers.
and improved service delivery.
Due to the disruptions in
services and supply chains
9 2022 Report to the Ugandan People
60 YEARS Building Strong Partnerships
With the Ugandan People
Since Uganda’s independence, the United two countries can continue forward in
States has worked with the Ugandan partnership based on mutual trust and
people in their development journey. cooperation. Learn about key milestones
Our goal is a healthy, prosperous, secure, in U.S.-Uganda relations over the past 60
inclusive and empowered Uganda, so our years.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy with the Prime Minister of Uganda, A. Milton Obote, and Ugandan officials
in 1962. (Photo: JFK Library)
HEALTH SYSTEM
STRENGTHENING
CDC launches a training
IMPROVE LIVELIHOODS program for infectious
USAID launches a disease detectives at
POST-WAR RECOVERY Makerere University
program to stimulate
USAID supports
small farmer agricultural
recovery loans to
production at Makerere
businesses, provides
University
HIV/AIDS assistance
A SECURE UGANDA
REGIONAL STABILITY
U.S. sends military
The U.S. partners
advisors to support
with Uganda and
Uganda to eliminate the
other nations under
threat posed by
the African Union
Joseph Kony
peacekeeping mission
to bring stability
and defeat terrorist
threats in
Somalia
2007 2010
resolutions to help decrease conflict million to assist graduation criteria over three
consecutive quarters.
and violence. In 2021, USAID assisted refugees
communities in resolving conflicts among
Additionally, the USAID Also, in 2021, the USAID
different ethnic groups in Karamoja:
Graduating to Resilience Apolou food security activity
• 161 individuals involved in peaceful activity helped extremely reached 264,398 participants
resolution of conflicts; poor refugee and vulnerable through its interventions
• 83 trauma healing groups with 1,125 Ugandan households in inclusive governance,
people formed; and in Kamwenge District improved health and nutrition
• three resource-sharing agreements transition from conditions and sanitation. Apolou
signed between formerly feuding of food insecurity and fragile reported improved health
communities in Karamoja, enabling livelihoods to self-reliance among female participants in
over 122,800 people to share water
and resilience. The first of 2021. Also, the percentage of
and pasture for livestock.
two 30-month intervention men and women who earned
periods concluded in 2021, cash in the past 12 months
with 73% of the 37,162 increased from 52% to 80%.
participants
2022 Report to the Ugandan People 14
A JUST AND DEMOCRATIC UGANDA
Community members of Ngetta Sub County, Lira District attending a legal aid clinic. USAID Rights and Justice
Activity helps women, youth, children, and other vulnerable populations to access justice through legal aid, refer-
rals for medical and psychosocial support, and strengthening civil society groups to advocate for human rights. We
believe human rights are key to Uganda’s development. (Photo: USAID)
U.S. programs employ an Ages and Stages programing approach. (Graphic: USAID)
Uganda’s population is one of the and violence against children, To that end, USAID provides
youngest in the world with nearly whose effects are compounded by support for early grade reading for
20 million children under the age young people’s limited access to more than 3.5 million children,
of 15. health and social services. helps youth and caregivers in 72
districts establish savings and
Ugandan children and youth The U.S. government invests in investment groups, and assists the
face intense competition for children and youth across multiple Ministry of Gender, Labour, and
the limited education, training, sectors so that they can grow to be Social Development in responding
and employment opportunities productive, resilient citizens who to the over 411,000 Child Helpline
available. Additionally, Uganda has contribute positively to Uganda’s calls received each year.
high rates of teenage pregnancy development.
1. Young professionals
participated in Mandela
Washington Fellowship
in the United States for
six intensive weeks of
mentoring, leadership
training, and networking
opportunities.
2. The American Center
Kampala is an open-access
learning and gathering place
that promotes interaction
1 2 among Ugandans and
Americans. In 2021, the
American Center hosted
in person and blended
events reaching over 3,000
participants. Visitors to
the Center made use of
available resources like free
Wi-Fi.
3. The Academy for Women
Entrepreneurs provided
grow-your-own-business
training to over 300 women
entrepreneurs, equipping
them with the tools to
raise capital and effectively
network with other
successful business owners.
3 4. Up-and-coming youth
participated in the Youth
Excellence on Stage
(YES) Academy Program,
receiving professional
music production and
performance training from
American experts.
5. Supporting Students
The Nile Explorer Bus
program provided STEM and
career guidance practical
sessions to students in 12
districts. EducationUSA
helps Ugandan students
4 5 identify education
opportunities for university
study in the USA.
Refugee-hosting districts
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