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David GOMBE

Watoto Church Uganda has at this time introduced collectively companions, sponsors, golfers and members of the media for a press briefing at Uganda Golf Membership, Kitante, because the third Version of the Watoto Golf Event 2026 will get underway.

Held below the theme “Hope on the Inexperienced,” the event brings collectively company leaders, golfers, growth companions and communities round a shared objective of restoring dignity and creating higher alternatives for susceptible moms and their youngsters.

The event goals to lift UGX 450 million to help 1,000 susceptible moms with enterprise starter packs and different empowerment help. A contribution of UGX 450,000 may help one mom begin or develop a small enterprise, create an revenue and higher present for her household.

Talking on the companions’ press briefing, Senior Pastor & Group Chief , Watoto Church Ministries Julius Rwotlonyo thanked the companions, golfers and pals who’ve supported the event and referred to as on extra folks to hitch the trigger.

“Golf could be performed for a profession, competitors or just camaraderie, however golf can be circled for a trigger. That’s what Watoto Golf is about. We need to go for a trigger past the inexperienced, which is basically to convey hope to susceptible moms. Our want this time round is to see over 1,000 moms’ lives remodeled by empowering their companies. As soon as a mom is empowered, you might have empowered her household,” Pastor Julius stated.

He added that the event supplies a possibility for the golf neighborhood, corporates and the broader neighborhood to return collectively and make a distinction.

“Collectively, each swing can change a mom’s story. I need to thank our companions and everybody who has come alongside us. Please come, allow us to be beneficiant and be a part of it,” he stated.

The event formally began on Monday, 3 August 2026, with the Caddies’ Competitors at Uganda Golf Membership. A complete of 59 caddies took half within the opening competitors, marking the start of this 12 months’s event.

The Elite Newbie Competitors and Skilled Golfers’ Competitors began at this time, Wednesday, 5 August. The Elite Newbie Competitors will run from 5 to 7 August, whereas the Skilled Golfers’ Competitors will run from 5 to eight August 2026.

The event will culminate within the Fundamental Occasion on Saturday, 8 August, bringing collectively company groups, sponsors, companions, golfers and invited company for a day of golf, networking and fundraising.

The event additionally supplies alternatives for brand spanking new golfers to be launched to the game. A New to Golf clinic will happen on Saturday, welcoming individuals who have by no means held a golf membership or performed on a golf course to expertise the game for the primary time.

For Uganda Golf Membership, the event is a chance to make use of golf to convey folks collectively round a significant trigger.

Uganda Golf Membership Chairman Paul Nuwagaba stated the sturdy help from companions displays the sense of function behind the event and the belief folks have in Watoto’s mission.

“I believe it speaks to the sense of function that individuals affiliate with Watoto and this explicit mission and the way a lot everyone desires to be concerned. I can not say sufficient about how proud and honoured we at Uganda Golf Membership are. We look ahead to many extra years of serving to Watoto obtain this imaginative and prescient for the moms,” Nuwagaba stated.

He pledged the continued help of Uganda Golf Membership in internet hosting the event and dealing with Watoto and its companions to make the occasion successful.

“On behalf of the members, I can solely pledge our help to proceed to host this event and to proceed to work along with your companions. We are going to be sure that it’s a particular week and that on the fruits on Saturday, everyone will recognise the hope on the inexperienced that Watoto has delivered to us,” he stated.

CFAO Mobility Uganda, one of many event’s Lead Companions, is supporting the event for the third consecutive time. Talking on the briefing, CFAO Mobility Uganda Model Supervisor Patricia Tusuubira stated the corporate is proud to help an initiative that empowers susceptible moms.

“We’re proud to be sponsors of the Watoto Golf Event for the third time operating. We’re right here as a result of we consider on this great reason behind supporting and empowering susceptible moms to develop their companies. While you empower a mom, you don’t simply empower her, however you additionally empower her household, her neighborhood and her nation,” Patricia stated.

CFAO Mobility Uganda has additionally added to the joy of this 12 months’s event by providing two autos as hole-in-one prizes. A Suzuki S-Presso can be out there at Gap 9, whereas a Suzuki XL6 can be out there at Gap 17 at Uganda Golf Membership.

Patricia added that CFAO Mobility Uganda is dedicated to supporting the event past this 12 months.

“That is one thing we’re captivated with. We’re not solely right here for these three years, however we’re right here for the long term,” she stated.

Fairness Financial institution Uganda has additionally supported the event with UGX 10 million. The Financial institution is among the many Supporting Companions contributing to the event’s objective of empowering susceptible moms.

The event has obtained sturdy help from a variety of organisations which have come collectively to help the trigger.

The Lead Companions embody; Uganda Golf Membership, Uganda Skilled Golfers Affiliation (UPGA), Deo Akope Basis, Energy FM, CFAO Mobility Uganda and Britam.

The Supporting Companions embody; Fenon, East African Growth Financial institution (EADB), Financial institution of Uganda, Fairway Lodge, Sheraton Kampala Lodge, ONOMO Lodge Kampala, Imbogo Safari, Fairness Financial institution Uganda, Handel Advocates, MTN Uganda, Endiro Espresso, Stanbic Financial institution Uganda, Absa Financial institution Uganda, M&Ok Advocates, Capital One Group (COG), Eighth Marvel, KCB Financial institution Uganda, Alternative Financial institution Uganda, NCBA Financial institution Uganda and Jubilee Insurance coverage, amongst others.

The 2026 event can be an necessary a part of Watoto’s journey in direction of 2034, when the organisation will have a good time 50 years of affect. Over the following eight years, Watoto goals to empower 10,000 susceptible moms throughout Uganda and South Sudan.

Since 2008, the Watoto Neighbourhood Programme has geared up susceptible ladies with sensible enterprise expertise, mentorship and entrepreneurship coaching. Thus far, greater than 8,700 ladies in Uganda and South Sudan have benefited from the programme.

The event additionally encompasses a whole prize construction of UGX 34 million, together with UGX 24 million in prize cash and UGX 10 million going immediately in direction of the Watoto trigger. Championship trophies will recognise winners within the Skilled, Elite Newbie and Caddies’ classes.

As golfers take to the course this week, the main focus stays larger than the competitors. Each sport, partnership and contribution helps create alternatives for moms to construct companies, help their households and create higher futures for his or her youngsters.

Watoto Church is asking on corporations, organisations, golfers and people to hitch the trigger by way of participation, sponsorship, donations and partnerships.