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Betty Kagoro (IF'09, Uganda) on November 19th, 2011Congratulations upon this great achievement. I am so very pleased to be able to share these words with you. Personally I consider this day special, as we celebrate the life of the mind and the continuing evolution of the iLEAP spirit. I missed being with you but I’m sure you had a great experience. I [...]
Dr. Britt Yamamoto on July 2nd, 2011One of the things that I appreciate most about our work in the International Fellowship (indeed all of iLEAP’s programs) is the close attention given to each Fellow and their unique talents, interests, and hopes and dreams to create and lead social innovation in their communities. Each person comes to the Fellowship at a different [...]
Betty Kagoro (IF'09, Uganda) on June 16th, 2011TEU targets teenagers such as these. Today, June 16th marks the International Day of the African Child. The International Day of the African Child has been celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organization of African Unity. It honors those who participated in the Soweto uprising in [...]
iLEAP on April 26th, 2011Dear iLEAP Community, We are so proud to share with you an outstanding annual report from iLEAP International Faculty, Betty Kagoro (UGANDA IF’09). Since returning home to Uganda in 2009, Betty pursued her dream and began her own organization focusing on youth empowerment. Congratulations to Betty and everyone who has helped to ensure a very [...]
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Betty Kagoro (IF'09, Uganda) on March 22nd, 2011Her dream is to become a medical doctor, she says. “I want to become a doctor so that I can treat children suffering like me…” Twelve – year old Alice was born with HIV. Her father died when she was young and the mother is also HIV positive. Fortunately, Alice’s two little brothers were born [...]
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iLEAP on November 22nd, 2010After completing the iLEAP International Fellowship in 2009, Betty Kagoro returned to Uganda determined to start her own nonprofit empowering boys and girls in Uganda. Betty started Teen Empowerment Uganda and it is thriving. Most recently, TEU organized a writing campaign to the President of Uganda to promote youth leadership and civic consciousness especially around [...]
Betty Kagoro (IF'09, Uganda) on September 14th, 2010Dear Fellows, I’m called Betty Kagoro, iLEAP International Faculty in Uganda. I’m glad that you are able to join us and hope your participation in the iLEAP International Fellowship will be both rejuvenating and transformational for you. The iLEAP Fellowship program is one of its kind. Its design is unique, fun built and oriented yet [...]
Betty Kagoro (IF'09, Uganda) on June 22nd, 2010Dear Friends, Around this time last year, I was graduating after 10 weeks of an exciting and transformative experience in Seattle as an iLEAP International Fellow. It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since then. The beautiful people I connected with and the diverse experiences I encountered are still fresh memories that will [...]
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Betty Kagoro (IF'09, Uganda) on May 6th, 2010It’s been quite some time since I posted a blog about my work at Inter Religious Council of Uganda. Its not because I wasn’t working, no. I just wasn’t sure of what to share with you. When I returned from US IRCU was restructuring and a lot of things changed and are still changing. For [...]
Betty Kagoro (IF'09, Uganda) on March 21st, 2010Today I have the immense pleasure of informing you about Teen Empowerment Uganda, an initiative that I have been working on since we parted last year. Teen Empowerment Uganda (TEU) is an organization aimed at empowering teenage girls and boys with skills that will enable them make positive choices in their lives. TEU envisions a [...]
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