Nkulanga Enock
{{short description|Ugandan advocate for children's rights}}
{{orphan|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nkulanga Enock
| image = File:ENOCK_NKULANGA.jpg
| birth_date = 26 January 1990
| birth_place = Uganda
| nationality =
| alma_mater = Makerere University
| organization = LeadMinds AFRICA
}}
Enock Nkulanga (born 26 January 1990) is a Ugandan development practitioner whose career spans education, community development, youth leadership development and advocacy. His work was recognized by the former President of the United States, Barack Obama in 2018 as he delivered the Mandela Lecture in Johannesburg, South Africa.{{Cite web|last=Theirworld|date=2020-07-17|title=Mandela Day: Barack Obama pays tribute to young leaders like Enock|url=https://theirworld.org/news/mandela-day-barack-obama-praises-young-leaders-global-youth-ambassador|access-date=2020-07-17|website=Theirworld|language=en}}
Enock is the founder of LeadMinds Africa, a non-profit organization empowering the next generation of leaders in Africa.{{Cite web|title=Lead Minds Africa – Inspiring Generations|url=https://leadmindsafrica.org/|access-date=2020-07-16|language=en-US}} His past positions include the Country Director of African Children's Mission, an international nonprofit with operations in Uganda and Kenya.{{Cite web|title=About {{!}} African Children's Mission|url=http://africanchildrensmission.org/about/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=africanchildrensmission.org}} Enock has also served as the Global Youth Ambassador at TheirWorld advocating and campaigning for children's rights to education.{{Cite web|last=Theirworld|date=2020-07-17|title=Enock Nkulanga|url=https://theirworld.org/authors/nkulanga-enock|access-date=2020-07-17|website=Theirworld|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2019-10-12|title=Enock Nkulanga: I was grateful to the universe! Being praised by a person like President Barack Obama|url=https://www.hamasamagazine.com/2019/10/12/enock-nkulanga-i-was-grateful-to-the-universe-being-praised-by-a-person-like-president-barack-obama/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=Hamasa Magazine|language=en-US}}
Career & Education
Enock went to Katuugo SDA located in Nakasongola District, Kakooge Sub-County for his primary education. He then attended Ekitangaala Primary school, where he sat for Primary Leaving Examinations.{{Cite web |title=EKITANGAALA PRIMARY SCHOOL |url=http://www.cornerstoneschoolsafrica.org/EPS.html |access-date=2020-07-17 |website=www.cornerstoneschoolsafrica.org}} He later joined Secondary School.
Enock Nkulanga completed his bachelor's degree in development Studies at Makerere University and has been working in the Non-profit sector/international development since 2013.{{Citation|last=Renshon|first=Stanley|title=Unfulfilled Hopes: President Obama's Legacy|work=Looking Back on President Barack Obama's Legacy|year=2019|pages=211–248|place=Cham|publisher=Springer International Publishing|doi=10.1007/978-3-030-01545-9_10|isbn=978-3-030-01544-2}}
Enock is also a Mandela Institute for Development Studies fellow, who strongly believes that Africa's future is dependent on the quality of emerging young leaders. Enock is one of the emerging young leaders accepted into the African Presidential Leaders Program{{Cite web |title=National Training Academy |url=https://nta.eg/aplp.html#:~:text=The%20program%20aims%20at%20bringing,participation%20with%20other%20African%20governments. |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=nta.eg}} (APLP) in Egypt. He has been hosted on national television as an outstanding emerging leader and featured in different publications.{{Cite web|first=|date=15 August 2018|title=A Closer Look at the Young Leaders Highlighted in President Obama's Mandela Lecture|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8vH6qfSQjI&feature=youtu.be|access-date=|website=youtube.com}}{{Cite web|date=2019-10-12|title=Enock Nkulanga: I was grateful to the universe! Being praised by a person like President Barack Obama|url=https://www.hamasamagazine.com/2019/10/12/enock-nkulanga-i-was-grateful-to-the-universe-being-praised-by-a-person-like-president-barack-obama/|access-date=2020-07-17|website=Hamasa Magazine|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=LeadMinds Africa {{!}} GivingWay|url=https://www.givingway.com/organization/leadminds-africa|access-date=2020-07-17|website=www.givingway.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=A BETTER AFRICA WON'T BE BUILT BY SOMEONE ELSE FROM AFAR, IT BEGINS WITH ME – MINDS|date=5 August 2018 |url=https://minds-africa.org/a-better-africa-wont-be-built-by-someone-else-from-afar-it-begins-with-me/|access-date=2020-07-17|language=en-US}}
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Category:Children's rights activists
Category:Makerere University alumni
Category:People from Nakasongola District