{"id":1304,"date":"2025-09-18T17:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2025-09-18T17:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:14:08","slug":"young-ugandan-leaders-shaping-the-future-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/young-ugandan-leaders-shaping-the-future-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Ugandan Leaders Shaping the Future Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1304\" class=\"elementor elementor-1304\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6db2f15 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6db2f15\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9947bca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9947bca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a57c46 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6a57c46\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa0be61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa0be61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Young Ugandan Leaders Shaping the Future Today<\/h2><style id=\"core-fa0be61-core-block-supports-inline-css\">.wp-elements-662d2827d29ee0cf0af0e1271a2d308a a:where(:not(.wp-element-button)){color:var(--wp--preset--color--palette-color-9);}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a452fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a452fb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71af2d3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71af2d3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8e81cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8e81cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Across Uganda, young people are stepping into leadership roles\u00a0 in schools, communities, and national platforms. They\u2019re advocating for change, standing up for justice, and creating opportunities where none existed before.<\/p><p data-start=\"551\" data-end=\"579\"><strong data-start=\"551\" data-end=\"577\">Featured Changemakers:<\/strong><\/p><ul data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"859\"><li data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"723\"><p data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"723\"><strong data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"605\">Shamim Nambassa, 25<\/strong> \u2013 Former Makerere University Guild President, youth activist, and champion for mental health awareness on campuses.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"859\"><p data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"859\"><strong data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"745\">Joseph Opio, 23<\/strong> \u2013 Youth council leader in Gulu, promoting peacebuilding programs among post-conflict youth and ex-child soldiers.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"1069\"><strong data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"880\">Why It Matters:<\/strong><br data-start=\"880\" data-end=\"883\" \/>Uganda has one of the youngest populations in the world and with that comes power, vision, and responsibility. These youth are not just the leaders of tomorrow. They are leading today.<\/p><p data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"1069\"><em>Know a young leader in your district? Nominate them for our spotlight series<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-b8e81cf-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young Ugandan Leaders Shaping the Future Today Across Uganda, young people are stepping into leadership roles\u00a0 in schools, communities, and national platforms. They\u2019re advocating for change, standing up for justice, and creating opportunities where none existed before. Featured Changemakers: Shamim Nambassa, 25 \u2013 Former Makerere University Guild President, youth activist, and champion for mental health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-youth-icon"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1304"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1317,"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions\/1317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}