At least two young adults of who have been victims of mass violence in Kasese district have been selected to attend the Project “Common Bond”–psychosocial symposium in Philadelphia, United States.
The Project Common Bond is an annual event that brings together young adults from around the world who share a common link, including the loss of a family member due to an act of terrorism, violence and or war.
The program brings together victims from around 30 countries including Afghanistan, Palestine, Kosovo and Pakistan and hosted by US-based Tuesday’s Children, a non-profit family service organization that works towards supporting victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attack in US and victims of war and violent extremism across the world.
Johncation Muhindo, the Team Leader at Creations Forum Afrika,
Under whose auspices the two were selected identifies the beneficiary persons as Brina Muhindo and Rabson Thembo.
Brina Muhindo recently dropped out of school after completion of senior six due to lack of school fees. His father was one of the more than 100 royal guards who were killed when the army raided the palace of Rwenzururu King Charles Wesley Mumbere in 2016 while Rabson Thembo lost several relatives during the ADF incursion in Kasese.
Speaking to Kasese Guide Radio last evening, before he fled out of the country, Johncation Muhindo said he has come to the realization that so many victims especially widows and children of the 2016 violence in Kasese have deep-seated wounds for losing. Mr. Muhindo on violence..
He hopes that the Common Bond will offer a platform for these two young men.END.