About Olivia Mulerwa

Born and raised in Uganda, Olivia now considers Phoenix, Kampala, and Kigali home. She is President and CEO of Mission ONE, a global ministry that works through locally led partner organizations across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East to meet the physical and spiritual needs of communities in the name of Jesus. At the heart of Mission ONE's approach is a conviction that the people closest to a community's challenges already hold much of the knowledge, creativity, and relationships needed to address them, and that outside partners serve best by walking alongside rather than leading from the front.

Olivia did not come to this work through agriculture, but she has developed a growing appreciation for the role small-scale farming plays in livelihoods and community flourishing. Many of the leaders Mission ONE partners with are farmers by necessity as well as ministers, and most of the community flourishing initiatives the organization is now designing with its partners connect back to the land in some way. Her reflections draw less from technical expertise than from years of listening to partners in the field and watching what takes root.

She believes lasting transformation grows from love, compassion, and connection, and that Godly leadership rooted in humility and servanthood is what makes it possible.

With a background in law, international business, and global development, she brings a multidisciplinary, cross-cultural perspective to her work. A significant chapter of her career was spent in Rwanda, where she served in the Ministry of Justice and helped develop the nation's first National Human Rights Policy. Olivia describes herself as a cultural connector and translator, someone who loves bringing people and ideas together across contexts to do good that lasts.