Curriculum vitae
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Also known as Bart Nsubuga.
Profile
Totally blind since birth, I am a human rights advocate with six years' experience in disability rights, grassroots mobilisation and inclusive policy development in Uganda. Since 2017 I have also been Research Policy Officer at Uganda Speaks in Kampala, doing qualitative human rights research and policy work. I am the founder and Director of the Blind Children's Education Support Campaign, which works to ensure every blind child in Uganda can use a phone and a computer with screen-reading software. I am currently pursuing an M.A. in Human Rights and Democracy at University College Stockholm, with thesis research on the Gacaca community courts and reconciliation in Rwanda, and I informally advise refugees in Sweden on navigating the social system and accessing assistance, particularly supporting non-literate individuals who lack trustworthy information.
Key skills
- Disability & Human Rights Advocacy
- Community Mobilisation & Civic Education
- Policy Engagement & Public Speaking
- Qualitative Research
- Proposal Writing
- Program Development
- Program Coordination & Stakeholder Communication
- Interpersonal Skills
- Screen Reader Technology (JAWS, NVDA) and MS Office
Professional experience
Director (Founder)
- Lead the Campaign's mission: 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
- Source used phones and laptops and send them to disadvantaged blind children who otherwise would not have the chance
- Raised over €13,000 to provide basic needs for the children of Salama School for the Blind after the 2022 dormitory fire
Research Policy Officer
Uganda Speaks is a multipurpose organisation that mainly prides itself in its internationally recognised qualitative research works, mainly in the field of human rights and social being.
- Qualitative research and policy work in the field of human rights
- Held concurrently with the NUDIPU role (2017–2020) and continued remotely while living outside Uganda
Program Officer
National umbrella organisation representing 17 member Disabled People's Organisations (DPOs). Worked across the economic empowerment programme and the human rights department.
- Coordinated national disability inclusion campaigns and stakeholder engagement in close collaboration with district DPOs, influencing over four major projects that positively affected more than 2,000 persons with disabilities through skills training, advocacy and livelihoods support
- Contributed to the Connecting the Dots project (2014–2016): supported vocational training for 325 youth with disabilities in four rural districts, resulting in 98% of participants generating income after the project (up from 41% beforehand)
- Supported the Empowerment of Youth with Disabilities project (2016–2019): facilitated advocacy and leadership training for 796 young persons with disabilities nationwide, strengthening youth wings in DPOs and increasing civic participation
- Contributed to Economic Empowerment & Improving Livelihoods projects (2016–2020): helped deliver vocational skills, business training and financial literacy to 790+ youth with disabilities, enabling 30–37% to enter waged or self-employment and 95% to join savings groups
- Coordinated training workshops and represented NUDIPU in national and international policy forums
Community Organizer & Advisor
- Supported rural disability groups and DPOs through civic education, awareness campaigns and community mobilisation efforts
Parliamentary Candidate
- Advocated for disability rights during national elections, leading media outreach and public campaigns
Education
M.A. Human Rights and Democracy
- Thesis: The Long-Term Legacy of the Gacaca Community Courts on Reconciliation in Post-Genocide Rwanda
- Fieldwork: Kigali, Rwanda, with Never Again Rwanda, January–March 2027
B.A. Ethics & Human Rights
- Class of degree: Second Class Upper
Swedish for Immigrants (SFI)
Affiliations and volunteering
- Founder and Director: Blind Children's Education Support Campaign
- Informal advisor to refugees from Ukraine and other countries in Sweden on the social welfare system and access to assistance, with special focus on non-literate individuals
- Member: Regional disability forums
Languages
English (Fluent) · Luganda (Native) · Swedish (Beginner, SFI ongoing)
References
Available upon request