📷 2O24 Makerere Run funds to support students with disabilities

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#MUKRUN2024

KAMPALA – The fourth edition of Makerere University Endowment Fund Run 2024 (MAK-RUN) is slated for August 18, 2024.

The University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe has said, adding that this year’s, also the fourth edition, will be held under the theme, ‘Run for Students with Disabilities’.

Nawangwe remarked Tuesday (April 23, 2024) as the youth and children affairs state minister Balaam Barugahara launched the event at Freedom Square, Makerere University.

The Run is open to the public, and participants can donate or support the cause by purchasing running kits at shillings 20,000.

Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof.Barnabas Nawangwe (L), and the Minister of State for Gender, Labour & Social Development (Youth & Children Affairs) Balaam Barugahara as they launched the launch of the 2024 MAK-RUN at the Freedom Square, Makerere University in Kampala on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (All Photos by Mpalanyi Ssentongo)

“Let us demonstrate our solidarity with students living with disabilities by purchasing kits and contributing to their well-being and academic success,” Minister Barugahara said.

He also thanked the Minister of Education and Sports, also the First Lady, Janet Kataha Museveni, for advancing the growth of Makerere University, and promised to engage Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja and other ministers to support the cause.

Meanwhile, Vice Chancellor Nawangwe said this year's proceeds will facilitate the construction of a student center that will cater to Students with disabilities, adding, “We must ensure that our university is inclusive and supportive of all students, regardless of their abilities.”

(L-R) Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof.Barnabas Nawangwe, the Minister of State for Gender, Labour & Social Development (Youth & Children Affairs) Balaam Barugahara, and Bruce Kabaasa (representing the University Council) at the launch of the 2024 MAK-RUN at the Freedom Square, Makerere University in Kampala on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (All Photos by Mpalanyi Ssentongo)

About MAK-RUN

Officially inaugurated and flagged off in 2018, Mak-Run is organized to bring together a wider participation of the University’s stakeholders, in a marathon of 21 Kilometers through the great hills of Kampala to celebrate Makerere at 100 through sports.

The Centenary Run is coordinated between the Makerere At 100 secretariat, and the Makerere Endowment Fund, and the annual event assists the University in raising financial resources to support the different development projects that improve the University experience, including facilitating the construction of a student center.

Below is apicture highlight from the event by Mpalanyi Ssentongo;

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The Minister of State for Gender, Labour & Social Development (Youth & Children Affairs), Balaam Barugahara, launches the launch of the 2024 MAK-RUN at the Freedom Square, Makerere University in Kampala on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

Minister Barugahara and Bruce Kabaasa (representing the University Council) at the launch of the 2024 MAK-RUN at the Freedom Square, Makerere University in Kampala.

Vice Chancellor Nawangwe said this year's proceeds will facilitate the construction of a student center that will cater to Students with disabilities.

Bruce Kabaasa who represented the University Council remarks.

Minister Balam Barugahare (left) with the inaugural 3000m steeple chase champion Dorcus Inzikuru at the MAKRUN 2024 launch.

Here is how minister Balaam arrived.

The Makarere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe welcomes the minister as he arrived for the MAKRUN 2024 launch.