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Afriyea Golf Academy CEO Isaiah Mwesige inspires worldwide from Uganda

·1 hr 15 min·4 clips

Isaiah finds one golf ball at Toro Club, sells it, and turns that into food and school transport.

1. Talking GolfGetaways focuses on Isaiah Mwesige and Afriyea Golf Academy in Uganda. 2. Hosts Mitch Lawrence, Darren Bunch, and Chris McEwen interview Isaiah Mwesige, the CEO of Afriyea Golf Academy, because his story links golf, education, and environmental work. 3. The episode asks how one caddie job at Toro Golf Club became a program for underprivileged children in Uganda. 4. Isaiah says his father died first and his mother died when he was about 11, after which his brother Eugene raised him. 5. A friend named Vincent Casoro invited him to Toro Club to become a golf caddie and earn money. 6. Isaiah walked about 7 kilometers each way to Toro Golf Club before he could afford other transport. 7. His first assignment was searching for lost balls in the 'valley of tears,' the hole at Toro Golf Club known for thick bushes and water hazards. 8. He says he found one golf ball on his second day and sold it to a member for about 1.3 US dollars. 9. That money helped pay for lunch at school for nearly a week and sometimes bicycle transport. 10. He later learned to carry bags, became head of the boys who carried golf bags, and served as head of the artisans. 11. Isaiah says the artisans were young people allowed to play golf for free if they worked on the course and supported club operations. 12. He says Toro Golf Club eventually helped him pursue a bachelor’s in agricultural science, study at Jeonbuk National University in South Korea, and study at Salford University in the UK. 13. He frames golf as a source of 'connections' and says he wanted education alongside golf so he would have a skill beyond playing professionally. 14. Isaiah says he started Afriyea Golf Academy in early 2019, discussed the mission with colleagues in mid-2019, and launched the program in September 2020. 15. He says the academy exists for underprivileged children who assume golf is only for rich people. 16. He says Stephen Kasaija, former Uganda national team coach, became head coach, and other named contributors included Andrew from Homza, Happy Robert, Richard Baguma, Joseph Chinua, and George Tuk. 17. Isaiah says the academy’s first day brought in 30 children aged 4 to 22 during COVID-19 restrictions. 18. He describes year-round programs that include school golf, holiday golf, village golf hubs, disability golf, and the Afriyea Golf Academy Girls Series. 19. The tone is conversational and personal, with Mitch, Darren, and Chris asking follow-up questions while Isaiah answers with long, detailed stories from Uganda. 20. Golf educators, community-development listeners, and people interested in youth access programs will get the most from it, while listeners wanting a short technical golf talk may skip it.

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A golf-travel interview that widens into access, education, and environmental responsibility.

Talking Golf Getaways follows Isaiah Mwesige in Uganda, and the episode broadens in a natural way from golf travel into access, education, and environmental sustainability.

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