Dear Ricky
Thanks for sharing your project on Changemakers. I had the chance to go to northern Uganda and the camps around Pader and Kitgum 3 years ago and I applaud the work you are doing with the citizens there. I wonder how you go about reintegrating people, especially the women who experienced rape and other cruelties into the wider community after such an ordeal. It was my experience that many of these women were not accepted back into their families or groups.

Perhaps you could also talk about local support for the programmes. How are local actors involved in your work?

Finally, you write that more money could be generated with adequate technology and equipment. What are you thinking of in particular here. Perhaps someone could help if they know what exactly you are looking for.

All the best from Berlin,
Heather Cameron

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Heather Cameron
Professor
Free University Berlin
University Challenge

Dear Anywar Ricky Richard;

I was very impressed by your entry. It seems as though you are doing great work and have identified and developed crucial services that former child soldiers in Northern Uganda are in need of. I am particularly impressed that Friends of Orphans is run by former beneficiaries-, which not only provides them with continued and sustainable livelihoods but also ensures that the people you aim to help work with staff that understands their needs, concerns and barriers to successful reintegration.

I think it might help to strengthen your entry if you expand upon some of the specific activities and services your organization offers. For example, you say that you provide livelihoods and empowerment- but how do you operationalize these goals? What is your overall conceptual framework and what specific outcomes for each of the four over arching goals- training, rehabilitation, reintegration, empowerment-are you trying to achieve? You say that you support adolescents through primary and secondary school. This is great example- can you share others?

I look forward to hearing more about this great initiative!

Laura Cardinal

Public Health and Human Trafficking Specialist