New Support Strengthens Sports Recovery in Uganda

The Invictus Games Foundation is helping to kickstart sports recovery in Uganda, providing new equipment to create greater opportunities for members of the country’s Invictus Community to use sport and physical activity as part of their recovery.

Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Defence Forces Rehabilitation and Vocational Centre in Mubende received the equipment funded by the Invictus Games Foundation as part of its support for the development of sports recovery in Uganda. Play of Hope, a Ugandan organisation supported the delivery of the equipment in country.

The support includes a range of equipment across several sports, including rowing machines, weights and strength training equipment, sitting volleyball and pickleball equipment, archery equipment, athletics equipment, football crutches for amputee football, as well as specialist footwear, training clothing and kit bags.

Uganda became the 26th member of the Invictus Community of Nations in July 2026. As part of its membership, the Foundation is working with partners in Uganda to help establish and strengthen opportunities for sports recovery, helping members of the community access sport and physical activity as part of their recovery.

Sports recovery is a developing concept in Uganda, where access to appropriate sporting and adaptive equipment and knowledge remains limited. The new equipment will help create more opportunities for members of the Invictus Community to train and take part in sport, while also supporting Uganda’s preparation for the Invictus Games Birmingham 2027.

Speaking at the handover ceremony, Joint Staff Political Commissariat Major General Henry Masiko welcomed the support and highlighted the significance of Uganda’s place within the Invictus Community.

He praised the Invictus Games Foundation for its support, saying the partnership demonstrated confidence in Uganda’s competitors and their recovery journeys and he encouraged those preparing for Birmingham 2027 to remain focused, disciplined and committed to their training.

“Success comes to those who are prepared. Let us not just go, but go with skill,” Major General Masiko said.

Major General Richard Karemire, Joint Staff Formal Education, Sports and Culture, described the support as more than simply the provision of equipment.

“It is a vote of confidence in the resilience and potential of Uganda’s competitors,” he said.

He added that the support would inspire competitors to train with renewed purpose as they prepare to represent Uganda at the Invictus Games Birmingham 2027.

The Director of Play of Hope, Annet Nakamya, also pledged continued technical support to competitors, noting that the equipment would enhance training and help motivate them to approach their preparation with confidence and pride.

For the Invictus Games Foundation, supporting access to sport in Uganda is about creating opportunities that extend beyond the Games. Through our support Beyond the Games, the Foundation works with national and local partners to strengthen sports recovery, share knowledge and best practice, and help more members of the Invictus Community use sport and physical activity as part of their recovery.