PH AMBASSADOR TANG MEETS WITH FILIPINO COMMUNITY IN UGANDA

Ambassador Marie Charlotte G. Tang (seated in the center of the middle row, in orange blazer) with the Filipino community in Uganda

KAMPALA, 23 August 2023 -- Philippine Ambassador to Uganda Marie Charlotte G. Tang (with residence in Nairobi, Kenya) met with the Filipino community in Kampala, Uganda during her visit to the country on 20-23 August 2023.

Ambassador Tang expressed her appreciation for the Filipinos in Uganda who not only help their respective families back in the Philippines but also contribute to the development of the Ugandan society.

She also commended the Filipinos in Uganda for remaining united and extending a helping hand to one another. She assured the community that the Philippine Embassy in Nairobi, in coordination with the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Kampala, will always be ready to provide assistance and services.

The Filipinos expressed their appreciation for the Embassy's regular outreach to Uganda not only to render consular services but to also check on their situation.

There are around 250 Filipinos in Uganda, many of them working in the construction sector (as engineers), educational institutions, UN agencies, religious missions, and multinational corporations. END

Ambassador Tang (left) addresses the Filipino community. She is joined by Ms. Lalaine Wasin, President of the Filipino Foundation in Uganda Ltd. (FFUL) (right).

Ambassador Tang (sixth from left); Capt. Abhay Agarwal (Ret.), Philippine Honorary Consul to Uganda (seventh from left); Nairobi PE’s Third Secretary and Vice Consul Louie Dane C. Merced (third from left), with some of the officials of (FFUL).