Young Women in Training

Check out these young Ugandan women in training for their commercial pilots license. This is a great demonstration of dedication and financial commitment to a lifetime goal.

There are some 200 Ugandan pilots are flying across Africa and the world. Most of them were trained at home, at the East African Civil Aviation Academy, also known as Soroti Flying School. The school started in 1971 under a United Nations Development Program - UNDP training program for pilots from the East African community.