Project Proposal Okweyo

I currently spend weekdays in the office of the Diocese of Northern Uganda, meeting with coordinators of youth, education and mission, and developing proposals for programs.

My role here has become understandably different that what I had imagined.  Instead of helping with the diocesan youth program, I'm helping design, fund and implement a number of new initiatives, some of which have a heavy youth component.  Without divulging potential donors, we're currently expecting sponsorship for: a) an initiative for comprehensive (emotional, physical, economic) reconciliation for victims of the war, in the spirit of 'healing of memories' and the truth and reconciliation movement in South Africa after Apartheid, b) the Peace Child Project, which seeks to educate children about the history of the violence they have experienced, and teach peaceful alternatives of dealing with conflict, in an effort to short-circuit a potentially generation-wide culture of violence, c) an HIV education and VCT (Voluntary Counseling and Testing) initiative to partner with district schools and parishes.

I now have a motorbike, thanks to St. Martin's-Charlotte, YASC and the Diocese of Northern Uganda, and hope to soon begin moving around the diocese for visits.