Fact-Finding Mission to Wobulenzi, Uganda

In March 2026 a delegation was sanctioned by the office of the Grand Chancellor of the Order, led by the Chevalier Johann Debono KCLJ CMLJ of the Grand Priory of Malta, with the participation of the Grand Prior of Bulgaria. This delegation visited the Happy Times Childcare Home in Wobulenzi, Luweero District. The home, founded and run by renowned social activist Joyce Namigadde, cares for more than 170 children without parents.

The delegation donated food and household supplies to the home. In order to create a tangible inter-active process, the delegation also held practical cooking lessons for the older children.

During this mission, legal work was undertaken by the Chevalier Johann Debono, which was executed in cooperation with Mrs Namigadde and her team, focusing on international cooperation in the care of children without parental care, in partnership with the Ugandan authorities and within Ugandan law. Moreover, this fact finding mission was also meant to be ensure that the Supreme Grand Priory chose wisely its representative in Uganda.

As a result of the findings of this mission, in October 2026 Dame Joyce Namigadde was received into the Order and installed as Grand Prioress of Uganda. A number of Grand Priories have already assisted financially the initiatives of the Ugandan Grand Priory and other initiatives are in the pipeline.