Let’s Walk Uganda is a registered charity which has grown out of the online engagement and advocacy. Since its inception 6 years ago, the online platform (fb.com/lwuganda) has supported hundreds of LGBTQ people and their families. Equipped with this knowledge and experience, Let’s Walk Uganda sets out to expand the reach of our existing services.
To empower LGBTQ people in Uganda by providing entrepreneurial skills, advocacy, health care services, capacity development and safe spaces to enable them live dignified lives without stigma and discrimination
The overall objective of this strategic area is to provide a platform for transformation of the LGBTQ through offering them with a safe, supportive, empowering and non-judgmental environment as well as provide an environment of meaningful activities which help reverse the spiral of homelessness
In this strategic area, Let’s Walk Uganda seeks to create awareness about HIV/AIDS and its prevention as well as support the LGBTQ to exercise their rights and receive quality services free from stigma, discrimination or judgement.
Let’s Walk Uganda seeks to influence policies and national programing through convening power to bring together the best advocates and activists around for specific issues affecting the LGBTQ, spark discussions and new ideas that may become placeholders for future policy.
The overall outcome of this area is to provide and ensure sustainable development for the LGBTQ towards acquiring skills necessary for self-development
John Grace is the Executive Director of Let’s Walk Uganda (LWU) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the living conditions, sexual health, and human rights of Uganda’s Young Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender+ (LGBT+) population. He is a human rights activist who focuses on Minority Shelters, Economic Empowerment, and Digital Advocacy. In addition to his advocacy experience, he has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration: Management.
Since 2016, John Grace has focused on the sexual health, safety, and entrepreneurship of LGBT+ people. In part because of his efforts, the 16 GBT+ members of LWU Shelter who were detained in October 2019 and subjected to forced anal testing were freed on bond four days later. John Grace then oversaw the successful fundraising efforts to enable the effective establishment of a new shelter under LWU.
The LWU Facebook Page, which has expanded its reach across Uganda and around the world through social media interactions with multiple minorities, and continues to provide adequate and vital information to Young LGBT+ persons primarily through Daily Feeds and Live Facebook Interviews, is where John Grace’s significant digital advocacy efforts can be traced back to.
Edward Mutebi (28), an LGBTI* Human Rights Activist, He is the founder of an LGBTI* Human rights organisation “LET’S WALK UGANDA. Based in Uganda (East Africa.). His Commitment and love for the safety of others put him in danger Himself and prompted him to escape from Uganda, seeking asylum in Germany. During his time in Uganda, Edward worked selflessly to fight for equality of the LGBTIQ* persons in his country, among his achievements was the start of an organisation which gave birth to a safe housing project which saved many LGBTIQ* homeless youths. In His struggles, Edward never stopped at nothing but he continues to preach a message of hope to the persecuted LGBTIQ* community in Uganda and the rest of Africa.
John Grace is the Executive Director of Let’s Walk Uganda (LWU) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the living conditions, sexual health, and human rights of Uganda’s Young Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender+ (LGBT+) population. He is a human rights activist who focuses on Minority Shelters, Economic Empowerment, and Digital Advocacy. In addition to his advocacy experience, he has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration: Management.
Since 2016, John Grace has focused on the sexual health, safety, and entrepreneurship of LGBT+ people. In part because of his efforts, the 16 GBT+ members of LWU Shelter who were detained in October 2019 and subjected to forced anal testing were freed on bond four days later. John Grace then oversaw the successful fundraising efforts to enable the effective establishment of a new shelter under LWU.
The LWU Facebook Page, which has expanded its reach across Uganda and around the world through social media interactions with multiple minorities, and continues to provide adequate and vital information to Young LGBT+ persons primarily through Daily Feeds and Live Facebook Interviews, is where John Grace’s significant digital advocacy efforts can be traced back to.
