Ireland in Uganda

Applications call for Ireland Fellowship Programme –2026 from Uganda and Rwanda. This call is to staff of our partner NGOs and government line departments for Masters degrees in Ireland. See details at irishaidfellowships.ie/strands/irelan… or email [email protected]

Ambassador Kevin today made remarks at the World Youth Skills Day and International Day of Education post event.@IrlEmbUganda's Vocational Skilling Programme is an effort to address Youth unemployment and social economic empowerment by equipping youth with market-relevant skills.

This afternoon @IEAmbUganda met members of the Uganda-Ireland Fellowships Alumni who congratulated him upon a successful four year tour of duty! Members appreciated his stewardship, support &guidance that has kept the association vibrant, wishing him the best in the next posting.

A great evening yesterday as @IEAmbUganda hosted friends of Ireland in Karamoja, partners, staff, local government officials at a farewell dinner in Hotel Africana-Moroto.

99% of maternal deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. #Ireland stands with Uganda to change this, through funding projects like the Moroto Blood bank which will be completed by the end of this year thanks to our health partners @Cuamm @MinofHealthUG @ubtsug1

Moroto Blood Bank is a commemorative gift from @IrlEmbUganda to mark 20yrs of Ireland's work in Karamoja. At the ground breaking ceremony today, at Moroto Hospital @IEAmbUganda called it "...a milestone for maternal and emergency care in Karamoja"@Cuamm @MinofHealthUG @ubtsug1

As part of his visit @IEAmbUganda visited Moroto Prison. He thanked @ug_lawsociety& @UgandaPrisons for the great collaboration on the legal aid project that has contributed to reducing case backlog, promotion of human rights and improved access to justice for inmates in Karamoja.

Great celebrations at Kasimeri PS in Moroto as @IEAmbUganda commissions the newly constructed and fully furnished classroom blocks in Primary Schools in Moroto, Abim, Karenga, Nabilatuk and Amudat districts in Karamoja. #Ireland in partnership with @UNICEFUganda @Educ_SportsUg

Ambassador Kevin bids farewell to our Karamoja friends and partners as he concludes his four year tour of duty in Uganda. Ambassador appreciates #Ireland's implementing partners for the significant work they have done the entire Karamoja Sub region for the past 20years.

Ambassador Kevin this morning commissioned school infrastructure including classroom blocks and wash facilities constructed in five schools in Karamoja. Funded by @IrlEmbUganda under our Quality Education programme in partnership with @UNICEFUganda and @Educ_SportsUg

#WorldPopulationDay2025: The EU’s €900M+ Team Europe Initiative on Social Inclusion is transforming lives in Uganda through health, education, water & social protection. @IrlEmbUganda is proud to play its part. Together, we invest in dignity, equity and wellbeing @EUinUG

On this #WorldPopulationDay, we join @EUinUG in recognizing Uganda’s progress on population health. Life expectancy is up, child & maternal mortality is reducing. Let’s continue building a future where every Ugandan can thrive.

@IrlEmbUganda & @WFP are in #karamoja this week reviewing progress on our shared school feeding efforts to boost #nutrition , enhance #FoodSecurity & keep kids in school. Amazing to see the power of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes! #EducationForAll #climatesmart

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This morning, the outgoing Ambassador of @IrlEmbUganda, H.E. Kevin Colgan, bid farewell to me at my office in Parliament. He has been a true friend, and I thanked him for his dedicated service and the strong ties he helped strengthen between our two nations. Ireland’s cooperation…

💙💛 Our thoughts and sympathies are with the family and friends of UCD alumna Dr Anne Merriman, 'Mother of Palliative Care in Africa', who passed away peacefully in her home in Kampala, Uganda, at the age of 90. A former nun and medical doctor, Dr Merriman pioneered an…

📢Announcement of the 2025 Call for Applications for the Africa Agri-food Development Programme - a great opportunity for Irish, Ugandan and Rwandan agri-food partnerships 👇🏽 gov.ie/en/department-…

The Embassy of Ireland will be closed to the public today - 30 June - due to unforeseen circumstances

Philosopher and Joyce expert, Dee Carabine, under James Joyce’s watchful eye, mesmerised the children of P7 at the Hands for Hope school, with the story of the Children of Lir as part of #Bloomsday celebrations in Uganda!

I was delighted to present a voucher for 2million shillings for scholastic materials to David from Hands of Hope as part of our #Bloomsday celebrations in Uganda. I told the story of “Mikaleen and the Stone Soup” by Martin Gleeson to P7 Class