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LUCKY, YOUTH CONTRIBUTOR TO JOINING FORCES

A message to the world from Lucky

Human Rights
Hi, I’m Lucky, I am 18 years old and in high school. I’m studying Biology, Chemistry, Math and Information Communication Technology because I have a dream of being a medical doctor. I am optimistic this will one day come to pass, especially when I join the University. I live with my mother who has single handedly raised me and my two siblings. We reside at Kasokoso, one of the densely populated communities around Kampala city, in Uganda. My mother is a shop attendant near home, but her job was affected with the outbreak of COVID-19. She was laid off for six months, but I am thankful to God she...
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Why I do self-advocacy as a deafblind youth

Human Rights
My name is Mark Kato from Uganda, 24 years old, an International Disability Alliance Youth Fellow representative at the World Federation of Deafblind (WFBD). I have a multiple disability called deafblind, one of the marginalized disabilities within the disability fraternity. I am passionate about youth mobilization, participation, engagement, vocational training, and equality for all. I am very interested in mobilizing the youth. I like our creativity as youth and children with disability and I want to continue mobilizing the youth especially from the marginalized disabilities to take...