I was born blind in Uganda, and I have spent my life making sure that disability does not decide who gets a chance. Many people simply call me Bart.

For six years I worked at the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU), in both its economic empowerment programme and its human rights department. The projects I helped coordinate reached more than 2,000 persons with disabilities.

Today I wear two hats. In Stockholm, I am in the thesis year of a Master's in Human Rights and Democracy. In Uganda, I am Director of the Blind Children's Education Support Campaign, the organisation I founded to put phones and computers with screen readers into the hands of blind children.

Every blind child in Uganda should grow up able to use a phone and a computer with screen-reading software, and ideally own their own.

At a glance

• Director of the Blind Children's Education Support Campaign, which I founded
• 6 years at NUDIPU, Uganda's national umbrella of disability organisations (2014–2020)
• More than 2,000 persons with disabilities reached through projects I helped coordinate
• 2021 parliamentary candidate, campaigning for disability rights
• Now: MA thesis research on the Gacaca community courts and reconciliation in Rwanda, with fieldwork in Kigali from January to March 2027

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