A delegation representing several Catholic groups in Denmark on Friday, 6th November visited the Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) secretariat to learn, share and enhance cooperation.
The delegation, which is led by officers from Caritas Denmark, comprised of 12 people who arrived in the country on October 26, 2015. The group visited different departments and commissions at the UEC before paying a courtesy visit to the office of the UEC Secretary General, Msgr. John Baptist Kauta.
“This visit is very important to us because these people act as ambassadors of the Christians back in Denmark,” said the president of Caritas Uganda, Msgr. Francis Ndamira who is also the vice president of Caritas Africa.
“They want to know what the head quarters of the Catholic Church do in terms of development and when they go back, they can advocate for more funds for our projects through Caritas Uganda.”
“Caritas Denmark is our major sponsor thus, they were interested in knowing how we organize ourselves, how we conduct advocacy programs and connect with the civil society organizations and, how the funds that they send us are efficiently used,” said Msgr. Ndamira.
According to Msgr. Ndamira Caritas Denmark began their program with Caritas Uganda fifteen years ago but they intensified their funding three years-ago after one of their Archbishop’s visited some of their projects.
Earlier, the delegation visited the residence of the Archbishop of Kampala, Most Rev. Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga and had a dinner with him. They also visited various dioceses in the country where, they witnessed some of the projects that they funded through Caritas Uganda and its local partners to help communities improve their livelihood and welfare through farming, education, proper nutrition, good health and other programs such as good governance and climate change.
The delegation will also visit the Danish Ambassador’s residence before their departure on November 10.
By Jacinta W. Odongo, Media Officer, Uganda Episcopal Conference