Brendah Aryatugumya, 33
Mbarara, Kampala, Uganda
Brendah is the founder and executive director of Healing Together Uganda with a BA in Social Work. She has over a decade of experience in ending child sexual violence and providing trauma counseling and crisis response for survivors of sexual violence. She is also a founding member of Uganda’s Brave Movement Uganda chapter where she joins efforts with other like-minded folks to eradicate child sexual violence in Uganda
Current Professional Engagement: Founder and executive director of Healing Together Uganda and a lead facilitator of trauma informed and healing-centered care advocacy trainings.
What inspires your work on ending childhood sexual violence?
Her inspiration to ending childhood sexual violence is deeply rooted in her own lived experiences as a survivor of child sexual abuse and growing up in rural Uganda where she often saw the abuse happen and no one really got concerned about horrible experiences. These challenges shaped her passion for ending childhood sexual violence in her community.
One highlight from your experience in the SPROUT fellowship:
From the Sprout fellowship I have experience the power of combined efforts to move situations or lead to systems change in a way that
The sprout experience has in a very strong way built her hope for possibilities. Having been able to meet different young leaders around the globe who are so passionate about ending childhood sexual violence left her with more hope to change in systems leading to a future free from abuse where children can grow and thrive.
