The Uganda Olympic Committee held its 7th graduation ceremony on 31st January 2023 in Lugogo, Kampala, to recognize and award the participants who completed the diploma in Advanced Sports Management Course (ASMC) and a certificate in Sports Administrators Course (SAC).…
On Wednesday, the 25th of January 2023, the Game Connect held its annual gala event at Word View Primary School in Lamwo district, hosted by the Palabek Refugee Settlement. The event brought together refugee, Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), and host…
The Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC)/ Commonwealth Games Uganda (CGU) executive committee members and the Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA) executive board held a productive meeting on January 9, 2023, at UOC offices in Lugogo Kampala to discuss ways to strengthen…
On Friday, December 23rd, the Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) and Commonwealth Games Association of Uganda (CGAU) held their end-of-year press release for 2022, highlighting a number of successes and challenges faced throughout the year. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the UOC…
The Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC)/ Commonwealth Association of Uganda (CGAU) held their annual retreat on December 21, 2022, at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel in Kampala. The retreat, attended by members of the secretariat and executive committee, focused on the review…
On December 20, 2022, the National Federation (NF) Presidents and Secretary Generals met virtually for a meeting organized by the UOC. The meeting brought together leaders from various National Federations and Associations to discuss important issues and updates within the…
The Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC)/Commonwealth Games Association of Uganda (CGAU) held a council meeting on Saturday, December 17th, 2022, at the UOC offices. The meeting which was both in-person and online was attended by delegates from member National Federations and…
The Game Connect coach training and structuring program for sports clubs in refugee settlements has been a success, resulting in the creation of structured sports clubs in four different settlements: Adjumani, Rwamwanja, Kyangwali, and Palabek. The coaches who participated in…
The Game Connect project team arrived in Adjumani Refugee Settlement to engage the community in the various sports activities that had been designed. For starters Game Connect is a structured Sport for Protection programme that aims to improve the psychosocial…
On December 1st, 2022, Uganda Olympic Committee through its Gender Equality and Diversity (GED) Commission held an effective sports leadership training at their head offices in Lugogo, Kampala. The training participants were solely female administrators and coaches from the different sports…
Uganda Olympic Committee organized a virtual Sports Administrators Course (SAC) workshop from November 28th,2022 to November 30th ,2022. Over 100 sports administrators from Uganda and East African Region participated in the programme. Eleven facilitators oversaw the interactive sessions and among…
Uganda hosts 1,411,098 refugees 82% are women and children (61% children and 22% youth). Displaced people especially youth, experience challenges including abuse, violence, deprivation, isolation, exclusion, limited economic and social opportunities and disruptions to daily life including schooling. They also…