Absa Financial institution Uganda has formally launched the 2026 version of the Absa KH3 7 Hills Run, setting an bold goal of 8,000 members because the initiative continues its mission of retaining women at school.

Organised in partnership with the Kampala Hash Home Harriers (KH3), the purpose-driven run will happen on April 26, 2026, beginning and ending at Lugogo Cricket Oval.

Since its introduction in 2023, the 7 Hills Run has grown into one among Uganda’s most impactful charity sporting occasions, elevating a cumulative UGX 900 million to help women’ schooling. Contributions have steadily elevated over time — UGX 200 million in 2023, UGX 300 million in 2024, and UGX 400 million in 2025 — benefiting greater than 21,900 women nationwide.

Talking on the launch, David Wandera, Managing Director of Absa Financial institution Uganda, stated the run represents greater than a health problem.

David Wandera, Managing Director of Absa Financial institution Uganda

This isn’t nearly working. It’s about creating lasting change. Once we hold a lady at school, we’re investing in the way forward for our communities and our nation. The help we’ve seen over the previous two years has been exceptional, and we consider 2026 will take this influence even additional.

The long-lasting 21-kilometre course winds by Kampala’s historic seven hills — Kibuli, Nakasero, Outdated Kampala, Namirembe, Rubaga, Lubiri and Nsambya — providing members a demanding however scenic expertise that celebrates the capital’s heritage.

Alice Gita Okecho, Hash Grasp of Kampala Hash Home Harriers, famous that the partnership with Absa has elevated the run’s function.

We’ve got organised the 7 Hills Run since 2000 to advertise wholesome existence, particularly throughout the company neighborhood. Partnering with Absa has added a strong social influence — each kilometre run now interprets into actual alternatives for women who may in any other case drop out of faculty.”

Participation has steadily elevated, with 6,250 runners participating in 2025 in comparison with 5,500 in 2024. This 12 months’s version additionally comes with enhanced incentives.

The highest two male and high two feminine runners to finish all seven hills will earn slots in South Africa’s Run Your Metropolis Collection, whereas Bakayima has pledged two land titles for the highest female and male finishers, additional elevating the stakes.

Funds raised will help a number of organisations working to enhance entry to schooling and well being providers for women, together with Baylor School of Drugs Youngsters’s Basis (DREAMS programme), Amref Well being Africa, Windle Worldwide, World Imaginative and prescient, Nyaka AIDS Orphan Undertaking, Katalemwa Cheshire Residence, and Sensible Women Uganda.

The occasion has additionally attracted sturdy company backing, with Pepsi returning because the official hydration associate. Bakayima, Mighty Rides, and 16 working golf equipment from throughout the nation have already confirmed participation.