The United States has a proud history of welcoming refugees. Our resettlement program reflects our highest values and aspirations to compassion, generosity, and leadership. Since 1975, the United States Refugee Admissions Program has welcomed more than 3.2 million resettled refugees from around the world. In each of the last three years, the United States has ... Read More»

This month, the U.S. Government will gather entrepreneurs at all stages of business development, including these 5 highly talented young #Ugandans for the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES). We believe that when we connect global entrepreneurs with the access and exchange needed to create and innovate, we unleash their power to change the world. GES ... Read More»

The U.S. Mission in Uganda is proud to announce that thirty Ugandans have been selected to participate in the 2016 YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship. The 30 young Ugandan leaders will join colleagues from 49 countries across sub-Saharan Africa for a six week leadership training to improve their skills at various U.S. universities. They will also ... Read More»

Last week, 76 youth leaders graduated from the third International Republican Institute (IRI) Leadership Academy, aimed at promoting visionary leadership among youth leaders. The three month training, supported by USAID and the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) through IRI, focused on topics including: transformational leadership, self-leadership, leading others, policy analysis, advocacy and conflict resolution as well ... Read More»