By Emmanuel Gyezaho, Charles Odongtho and Naomi Kabarungi
Prince Charles has today launched a fund to help youths engage in income generating activities. He named the fund the Uganda Youth Business Fund.
Prince Charles launched the fund during his visit to the People’s Space at 
Hotel Africana in Kampala. He expressed delight at making his first trip to Uganda in 60 years.
The prince singled out emphasis on Climate change and empowerment of youth which he said the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will address seriously. He added that in ten years, more than a billion children worldwide will be reaching employable age without employment.
He said the challenge of the modern day is to find employment for the youth’s and protect the environment on their behalf.
Charles explained that the Ugandan trust is replicated from the trust he launched thirty years ago in the United Kingdom to help get employment for young and underprivileged children. He said he was launching the Ugandan chapter after the success of the one in the UK seven years ago.
He said the Prince’s Trust in the United Kingdom has now expanded into 70,000 business enterprises in the UK and over twenty countries of the commonwealth.
He said, “We hold this planet in trust for the future of our children” adding that, “we can choose to abuse it or we can protect it so that our children can inherit a safe planet.”
The prince particularly noted that climate change is the greatest issue that 
the Commonwealth People’s Forum has given space to discuss.
Moving through the Space, Prince Charles was bombarded by lots of people seeking to shake his hand. Security, both royal and local, hardly managed to keep the masses at a hundred metres distance. British Council’s Anne Babinaga showed His Royal Highness round the People’s Space. He took time to stop over at most of the huts and even spared a few minutes to play the Lolui rocks at the Rock art, Rock Music tent.
