Kayanja Ministries scoops global humanitarian award for feeding Karamoja, South Sudan

This year, among the honorees, Pastor Robert Kayanja and his ministry received international recognition for their humanitarian efforts, specifically for aiding the food-insecure Karamoja and South Sudan which has witnessed years of conflicts and bad weather.

The Robert Kayanja Ministries has scooped the prestigious international humanitarian award for feeding Karamoja and conflict-riddled South Sudan.

The Global Humanitarian Award recognizes and celebrates influential non-profit organizations committed to community service and societal advancement.

This year, among the honorees, Pastor Robert Kayanja and his ministry received international recognition for their humanitarian efforts, specifically for aiding the food-insecure Karamoja and South Sudan which has witnessed years of conflicts and bad weather.

Pastor Robert Kayanja next to bags of maize and millet flour that was being mixed with other ingredients before flagging it off to Karamoja.

“A Special thanks to the partners and friends of Pastor Robert Kayanja Ministries. This award is a global humanitarian award and is in recognition of the food aid given to needy areas like Karamoja and the Sudan. We thank you very much. Karamoja this belongs to you,” Pastor Jessica Kayanja (Pastor Kayanja’s wife) posted on her social media accounts.

This was after she received the award on behalf of the ministry on Friday.

Pastor Kayanja, the founder of the Robert Kayanja ministries, for over four decades of the ministry, has not limited his gospel to spiritual redemption, but to the entire well-being of humanity by among others supporting the education of needy children, encouraging Christians in social-economic initiatives and humanitarian support.

To date, over seven million people per the global humanitarian reports are still enduring hunger-related difficulties across South Sudan, a country of roughly 12 million people that seceded from Sudan in 2011.

Kayanja has also since 2022 been implementing a campaign to feed Karamoja which has suffered food insecurity among others occasioned by cattle rustling occasioned instability and drastic weather coupled with erratic rains and floods.

The campaign has since transitioned from the donation of food ferried to Karamoja in aid caravans to growing food on Karamoja soil

“If Ugandans really want Karamoja to change, we need to get into farming,” Kayanja said as he launched the campaign to grow food in Karamoja.

Kayanja is also the founder and lead Pastor of the Miracle Centre Cathedral a Pentecostal megachurch in Kampala.