Category: Stories
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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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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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Little Flower
Meet Baby Flower from Mpigi, a district in Central Uganda. She is Totya Platform’s youngest user who is now 2 years old, Flower’s parents are separated so she lives with her mom while her 2 elder siblings live with her father. This is her story; In an Effort to escape physical and emotional abuse [violence],… Read more
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Janet’s Story
At the age of 8, I lost my mother and on the day we were laying her to rest, a close family friend sexually violated me in the pretense of comforting me claiming he was preparing me for the life a head; I didn’t share this with anyone, not even my sister whom I was… Read more