Danie K. Mahirane

University of Ottawa

Project Location: Kyegegwa District, Uganda

SASA-RDC

What is your initiative?

Social Innovation to support underage pregnant girls through apprenticeship skills in the Kyaka II refugee settlement camp in Uganda.

What is your connection to your chosen community?

As a Congolese-Canadian, I was a refugee in Uganda for more than a decade. Currently, Kyaka II refugee settlement camp in Uganda receives daily hundreds of Congolese refugees without sufficient support and provision.

What are you looking forward to this year?

Supporting one girl at a time, and fighting against gender poverty now and for the future.