Category: News
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Uniting for Change: Totya Platform and the Brave Movement’s Fight for Child Safety in a Digital Uganda
On the 16th of November, Totya Platform joined other members of the Brave Movement in Uganda to commemorate the Day of the African Child under the theme: “The Rights of the Child in the Digital Environment.”. The event took place at St Denis Ssebugwawo Senior Secondary School in Ggaba, a suburb of Kampala. Among the… Read more
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Brave Solida
On the fatal day of 20th June 2022, on her way home from school, 4-year-old Solida (Not-real-name) was raped by a 32-year-old man who was a member of her community. She cried out for help and was rescued by her older sister, who brought additional adult assistance from other members of the community. One of… Read more
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Discussing Sexual Violence informally
By E. C. Mar On one Friday evening, I was part of an event organised by Totya Platform and the management of Social Innovation Academy (SINA) – Mpigi (Hosted by Jangu International), the objective was to engage the scholars and other community members on their understanding of sexual violence and consent. It was an informal… Read more
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24 Months of Healing
For the first time since our inception in 2019, we hosted 83 survivors of Sexual Violence who had been part of our healing programme for over 24 months and all of whom could now proudly speak about their ordeals as SURVIVORS. On Thursday, September 1, 2022, these survivors, aged between 13 & 18 years old,… Read more
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Muduuma – We are here
To further our reach, we continued to recruit and train Parasocial Workers in Muduuma Town Council of Mpigi. Muduuma is a semi-urban township of about 35000+ people, surrounded by so much natural beauty. On the 4th of August, 2022, thirty-two (32) members of the Village Health Teams representing the 32 Villages of Muduuma Town Council… Read more