My mother accepted me as a child who was God-given and she said that God had a purpose for creating me the way I am.  Although she faced several accusations from my family members contending that she had brought a misfortune to the entire family and clan, that did not discourage her at all.  She loved me so much and took good care of me.  Therefore she took me to school and with the help of some sponsors I managed to pass with top grades and in 2008 I graduated in Law from Makerere University. I am currently employed as a programme officer lobbying and advocacy at the Uganda Society for Disabled Children in Kampala.

My work involves advocating for the rights of children with disabilities, developing policies for the staff and the parent support groups, simplifying the legal instruments for the child rights clubs and the parent support groups, sensitizing these groups about the fundamental rights of children with disabilities, popularizing the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities whenever required. I also attend important meetings and workshops for the cause of children with disabilities and also make presentations on deferent topics on different fora.

The Canadian International Development Agency puts it like this, ‘Women with disabilities are the poorest of the poor around the world and in ever sphere of life, women with disabilities in the developing world experience a triple bind; they are discriminated against because they are women, because they are disabled and because they are from the developing world.  There are few educational opportunities for disabled girls.  When there are opportunities for education in special schools, boys usually recieve them.  Women with disabilities expereince a high incidence of abuse – physical, emotional and sexual.  Since most disabled women are hidden away in homes, this often happens within the family.  The unemployment rate for disabled women in developing countries is virtually 100%’.

Support my attempt to climb Kilimanjaro and make some noise about this issue you can help us make sure that many more disabled girls have opportunities to excel like me. 

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.