YMCA UGANDA

The YMCA in Uganda was founded in 1959. It has six main branches, including Kampala YMCA. Other branches are in Jinja, Mukono, Mbale, Mbarara, Kasese. The first mention of a YMCA in Uganda was made in a 1913 report of the World Alliance. The matter rested until 1947, when the World Alliance of YMCAs in Geneva sent Dr. George Haynes to investigate the possibilities for YMCAs in Africa. He met in Uganda E. M. K. Mulira. As a result, the present site for the Headquarters, YMCA Kampala Branch and YMCA Comprehensive Institute , was chosen. Later, in 1959, a meeting was convened by A. R.Russell, then Acting Director of African Housing, and with nine people attending, discussed the formation of the Uganda YMCA. Another meeting was convened on 28 July chaired by Dr. Leslie Brown, Bishop of Uganda, and the first committees were appointed. The World Alliance then dispatched Merlin Bishop to Uganda; and on the strength of his report the YMCA of the USA showed interest in the formation of t...