Gladys Kyotungire is a business analyst and advocate living in London. Gladys was born in Kampala, Uganda where she survived child abduction, spurring her life-long advocacy for youth, women’s leadership and social justice in both Uganda and in the UK. As a spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s #ShareTheFuture campaign, Gladys is shining a light on the need to ensure that every child has the vital food and nutrition they need to achieve their potential for the benefit of our global community. In a global cinema campaign running since September 2018 in some two dozen countries around the world, Gladys brings the jeopardy of lost potential to lie in her portrayal of “Miriam Adeke”, a young woman who could have made a life-saving medical breakthrough if she hadn’t died of hunger as a child. Before working with WFP, Gladys was recognized for her work advocating against child sacrifice in Uganda during the Uganda Parliament Children’s Forum in 2013 and speaking at the United Nations Youth for Human Rights Summit in autumn 2017. She was also awarded the Kitenge Festival Humanitarian Award in 2017. As a former beauty queen (Miss Uganda UK 2012 & Miss Face of Africa EU 2013), Gladys has used her platform to inspire young people to be brave and take action to achieve the change they want to see in their communities. Gladys enjoys interacting with people of various backgrounds purposely to understand their perspective on common social subjects and enjoys participating in athletic activities and charity runs among other sports activities, she hopes to complete a marathon one day. Gladys graduated from London Metropolitan University in International Business Management with a focus on Information Technology and now studying master’s degree in Global Diplomacy at SOAS-UK. Gladys Kyotungire is a business analyst and advocate living in London. Gladys was born in Kampala, Uganda where she survived child abduction, spurring her life-long advocacy for youth, women’s leadership and social justice in both Uganda and in the UK. As a spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s #ShareTheFuture campaign, Gladys is shining a light on the need to ensure that every child has the vital food and nutrition they need to achieve their potential for the benefit of our global community. In a global cinema campaign running since September 2018 in some two dozen countries around the world, Gladys brings the jeopardy of lost potential to lie in her portrayal of “Miriam Adeke”, a young woman who could have made a life-saving medical breakthrough if she hadn’t died of hunger as a child. Before working with WFP, Gladys was recognized for her work advocating against child sacrifice in Uganda during the Uganda Parliament Children’s Forum in 2013 and speaking at the United Nations Youth for Human Rights Summit in autumn 2017. She was also awarded the Kitenge Festival Humanitarian Award in 2017. As a former beauty queen (Miss Uganda UK 2012 & Miss Face of Africa EU 2013), Gladys has used her platform to inspire young people to be brave and take action to achieve the change they want to see in their communities. Gladys graduated from London Metropolitan University in International Business Management with a focus on Information Technology and now studying master’s degree in Global Diplomacy at SOAS-UK. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

We introduced the Art & Writing Challenge where children are given an opportunity to write and present creative ideas on how ritual killings of children can be stopped. Reaching over 8000 Children in Mukono and Buyikwe district this year alone giving children an understanding of what CHILD SACRIFICE is. "In the Art and Writing Challenge, every school gets a question to answer, children participate and when we come to the school, we award every child with a certificate of participation as a recognition that they are responsible citizens". For more information about the campaign , visit https://www.endchildsacrifice.org Do you have any questions or wish to share your views? Please , post your comments below

Here is a summary of the schools we reached with the awareness campaign in 3 weeks.

Appreciating children inspires them to do more and better, in the process they are empowered to be champions for the campaign against child sacrifice. For every child that participates in the Art & Writing Challenge, they get a personal certificate of participation this has been made possible with our reliable partners contribution @Jubilee Campaign UK. Formal education is the most trusted form of learning, we believe it empowers us to take charge of our lives and the lack of it makes us victims of circumstances, for this reason we using education as an approach to empower children with knowledge/Information about child sacrifice. School: Nakasero Primary School #REACHEVERYCHILD #UNITEDTOENDCHILDSACRIFICE #EVERYCHILDISYOURCHILD #EDUCATION #MISSUGANDAUK #CACS #ARTANDWRITINNGCHALLENGE

Formal education is the most trusted form of learning, we believe it empowers us to take charge of our lives and the lack of it makes us victims of circustances, for this reason we using education as an approach to empower children with knowledge/Information about child sacrifice. School: Old Kampala Primary school. #REACHEVERYCHILD#UNITEDTOENDCHILDSACRIFICE#EVERYCHILDISYOURCHILD#EDUCATION#MISSUGANDAUK

We sensitize parents most especially mothers about child sacrifice because in most cases they are the primary care taker of the children. Also we encourage them to be vigilant regarding the whereabouts of their children at all times. #UNITEDTOENDCHILDSACRIFICE

While making awareness against child sacrifice in primary schools, we encourage children to share their story so that their peers will learn from them. This young boy of Old Kampala primary school shares his story for the 1st time how he lost his brother Joel to child sacrifice. With Bridget Katungi Miss Uganda UK 2016-17