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  • Auction 2012

    U.S. Mission Auction 2012

    Venue: 6 Spring Road. Viewing and bidding: May 14 - 17th: 0900 - 1600. May 18th 0900 - 1500. Instructions and bidding information coming up.

  • President Obama's Message to the People of Sudan and South Sudan

    President Obama's Video Message

    In these videotaped remarks, President Obama sends an important and very clear message to the people of Sudan and South Sudan: conflict is not inevitable. The people of Sudan and South Sudan still have a choice, a chance to avoid being dragged back into war. Sudan needs to halt all military actions, including aerial bombardments; give aid workers unfettered access to people in need; and end support for armed groups. Similarly, South Sudan must end its support for armed groups inside Sudan and cease its military actions across the border.

  • U.S. Mission Uganda Celebrates Earth Day

    U.S. Mission Uganda Celebrates Earth Day

    At the U.S. Mission Uganda, environmentally-friendly initiatives are a year-round priority. One year after joining the League of Green Embassies, the Kampala Green Task Force is pleased to mark Earth Day 2012 and reflect on its progress in the past year.

  • Schoolchildren from Butenga sub-county in Bukomansimbi district stand next to one of the 10,000-litres capacity Crest Water Tanks purchased with a U.S. Mission Uganda grant

    U.S. Mission Uganda grant improves school hygiene

    Bukomansimbi – Uganda: The U.S. Mission Uganda funded a hygiene and sanitation program that benefitted hundreds of Ugandan schoolchildren in Bukomansimbi district. The program was executed in partnership with Butenga Orphanage Care and Development (BOCADO), which used the $17,046 grant to purchase nine 10,000-litres capacity Crest Water Tanks for nine schools in the district. The grant also funded training for rain water harvesting, and water hygiene and sanitation skills.

Mission Headlines

  • President Obama's Video Message

    In these videotaped remarks, President Obama sends an important and very clear message to the people of Sudan and South Sudan: conflict is not inevitable. The people of Sudan and South Sudan still have a choice, a chance to avoid being dragged back into war.

  • U.S. Mission Uganda Celebrates Earth Day

    At the U.S. Mission Uganda, environmentally-friendly initiatives are a year-round priority. One year after joining the League of Green Embassies, the Kampala Green Task Force is pleased to mark Earth Day 2012 and reflect on its progress in the past year.

  • U.S. Mission Uganda Grant Improves School Hygiene

    Bukomansimbi – Uganda: The U.S. Mission Uganda funded a hygiene and sanitation program that benefitted hundreds of Ugandan schoolchildren in Bukomansimbi district. The program was executed in partnership with Butenga Orphanage Care and Development (BOCADO), which used the $17,046 grant to purchase nine 10,000-litres capacity Crest Water Tanks for nine schools in the district.

  • U.S. Mission Uganda Funds a New Grain Warehouse

    U.S. Mission Uganda, in collaboration with the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries, and Fisheries, officially opened a new $1.4 million-dollar grain warehouse in Kapchorwa in February.

Regional News

News from the Mission

  • Executive Director of GHI Visits Uganda
    Executive Director of GHI Visits Uganda

    Lois Quam, the Executive Director of the Global Health Initiative (GHI), visited Uganda February 21-25, 2012, to review the progress of maternal and neonatal programs in two districts in Western Uganda. 

  • U.S. Mission Uganda Gives Mobile Male Circumcision Equipment to the UPDF
    U.S. Mission Uganda Supports Technology Expo to Boost Citizen Participation in Governance.

    At Kakiri Barracks, the U.S. Mission Uganda recently gave the Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) vehicles and equipment to launch three complete mobile army surgical units to expand access to mobile male circumcision in all five UPDF divisions. 

  • Ambassador Jerry Lanier
    Re-Engaging Leadership for an HIV-Free Generation

    Every year, World AIDS Day invites us to reflect on lives lost, and lives forever changed, as a result of AIDS. Although we have come a long way in the fight against HIV/AIDS, this is still a global epidemic, and 34 million HIV positive people in the world need our continued attention and commitment to stay alive. 

  • Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns Visits Uganda
    Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns Visits Uganda

    Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns led a high-level U.S. Government delegation to Uganda on January 27- 28, 2012. The Deputy Secretary’s visit was part of a broader regional trip including Ghana, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. 

  • Dr. Magala explains the Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP) male circumcision program to the Speaker of Parliament of Uganda, Hon. Rebecca A. Kadaga.
    Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP) Circumcises 375 Ugandan Men

    Ugandan Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga launched Parliament Health Week on December 5 with a call to rejuvenate the national fight against HIV and cancer.  

  • Melanne Verveer - Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
    Working to Eliminate Violence Against Women

    November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Today we commence 16 days of activism against sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). As Secretary Clinton said in November 2009, "Today and every day, women and girls all over the world will face violence simply because they are female. This gender-based violence not only harms the victims and their families, it shreds the fabric that weaves us together as human beings." 

  • Building Up East Africa's Breadbasket
    Building Up East Africa's Breadbasket

    The United States is working with the Ugandan government to improve farm productivity and help make East Africa food sufficient.  

Highlights

  • USA Pavilion Expo 2012 in Yeosu, Korea

Announcements

  • Important Notice Regarding The 2012 Diversity Visa Program
    Important Notice Regarding The 2012 Diversity Visa Program

    The results of the selection process for the 2012 Diversity Visa (DV-2012) program have been voided. Results previously available via the Entry Status Check (ESC) function on the Department of State website, dvlottery.state.gov, were posted in error and are now invalid.