A Voice For the Voiceless

The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities to tell their story, claim their rights and produce social change. We recruit graduate students to volunteer as Peace Fellows with partners.

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"Speaking with locals and living in a country is the best way to learn about the real lives of citizens, not just the stories in the mainstream media. I will be more critical of what I read as a result of this experience. I also feel even more grateful for my education, and I feel a stronger responsibility to assist others who do not have resources or access to opportunities in their communities."

Maria Skouras (New York University) volunteered in 2011 as a Peace Fellow for eHomemakers in Malaysia.

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GDPU Advocacy Quilt

This quilt was made by 25 members of the Gulu Disabled Persons Union (GDPU) in Uganda during the summer of 2010. Gulu suffered terribly from twenty years of civil war, provoked by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The incredible violence of the LRA left thousands of Ugandans disabled through intentional maiming, landmines, disease due to deprivation, and other violence. The years of war also destroyed Gulu's health service system and other crucial infrastructure, causing further disability and increasing the suffering. This quilt tells the stories of GDPU's staff and members. AP Peace Fellow Christine Carlson (left) coordinated the project and profiled the artists. Click on the Aritists link read their stories.





  





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  MARGINALIZATION IN UGANDA
 The challenge facing persons with disability

 

For the thousands of men, women and children left with disabilities after the more than two decades of war, the lack of access to mobility aids such as wheelchairs prevents them from becoming more involved in the community. Persons with disabilities in Uganda are often unaware of their legal rights and are furthermore under-represented in Ugandan civil society.





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