USEA Games of Impact 2026 to fund free medical camp in Bwaise

Proceeds from the 2026 U.S. Exchange Alumni Association Uganda (USEA) Games of Impact, held on August 15 at City High School in Kololo, Kampala, will support a free medical camp scheduled for December 12 in Bwaise, Kawempe division, Kampala.

The USEA Mega Medical Camp is expected to provide thousands of vulnerable people in Bwaise and surrounding areas with free medical consultations, treatment, medicines, health screening, education and referrals.

More than 400 people took part in this year's event, competing in 28 teams. The participants included professionals, corporate organisations, public institutions, development partners and community supporters.

The event featured more than 10 sporting and recreational activities, including football, cycling, sack races, egg races and other games.

The Games are organised by USEA in partnership with the Rotaract Corporate League and Gazaland UOX with its wider effort aimed at using professional networks, leadership and civic engagement to create practical impact in communities.

Overall, the network brings together Ugandan professionals who have participated in U.S. Government-sponsored exchange programmes. Over the years, USEA Uganda has provided a platform for exchange alumni to continue contributing to the country's development through initiatives in health, education, leadership, entrepreneurship, civic engagement and community development.

USEA Uganda president Blessing Immaculate Owomugisha said the Games showed what can be achieved when people and organisations come together for a common cause.

“Sport has a unique ability to bring people together. People may come to compete, but they leave having connected, built relationships and contributed to something bigger than themselves. That is what the Games of Impact are about,” Owomugisha said.

He said the true success of the event would be measured by the impact of the medical camp in Bwaise.

“The real measure of these Games will not be the trophies or the scores won here. It will be what happens in Bwaise on December 12. If someone who could not afford healthcare receives treatment, if a disease is detected early, if a family receives health information that changes a life, then we will know that the Games achieved their purpose,” she said.

Owomugisha appealed to partners, medical professionals, organisations and individuals to continue supporting the Bwaise medical camp.

“The Games have shown us what is possible when we come together. Now, let us take that same spirit to Bwaise for the medical camp,” she said.