We are so excited to share that the launch of the report and stakeholder meetings are happening at Victoria Travel Hotel in Kampala, Uganda April 2-4!

April 2 will be the launch of the report, the situational analysis detailing results of our  research on acid violence in Uganda.  Johnson Owonda, the statistician who led the research, will present the results, along with Julie Bukirwa and Daniel Kasolo, acid attack survivors and co-founders of Beyond the Scars Initiative, who conducted most of the interviews.  

April 3 & 4 will be the stakeholder meetings.  In these, Arnold Agaba, RISE's Legal Advisor and Sibongile Phiri, RISE's Legal Representative, will present the bill they have drafted to key stakeholders.  These stakeholders include members of the Ugandan parliament, police, medical personnel, and community leaders.  Stakeholders will provide feedback and help hone the bill prior to Arnold and Sibo officially presenting the bill to parliament.

This is a very exciting stage in the process for RISE!  We are so grateful to everyone at change.org who has supported us through this process.  We are going to need your continued support to pull this off, but more on that later.  For now, let's celebrate our team in Uganda who has worked hard to organize and schedule these important meetings!  Please leave us a comment or question.  We'd love to hear from you!