Thank you to everyone who has been supporting us and our efforts to get a law against acid attacks in Uganda!  The second phase of data collection is complete.  Now, Johnson Owonda (the lead researcher) will be analyzing the data collected and writing up a report that we will present to the Ugandan Parliament.  More on that soon!

As the peer researchers (acid attack survivors themselves) met with acid attack survivors across the country, they met several survivors who were badly disfigured from their attacks.  One woman (pictured above) was severely disfigured- her neck was fused to her shoulder and both of her eyes were burnt.  She had never received any kind of medical intervention in the 20 years since her attack.  As RISE, it's heartbreaking for us to see the photos and hear the stories that the peer researchers send us after these meetings.  We are a small nonprofit (made up of all volunteers) and we do our best to support survivors. However, we are limited in our funding.  Though it was not part of our plan or budget, there are a few survivors who the team met during these interviews who we have promised to help get evaluated for treatment.  (The woman pictured above is one of these survivors and she gave us permission to share her photo.) This involves getting them from their home village to Mulago Hospital in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, and having them evaluated to determine needed surgeries and how much they would cost.  If you are able, please donate here.  It will take approximately $300 to fund these visits (and we are happy to give you personalized updates if you donate towards this!) 

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Thanks again for your support!  - The RISE team