"It lays the foundation for us to confront the ghosts of the past in a candid way," said George Morara, senior programmes officer at the KHRC.
"What we are seeing in the small-scale gold mines of Uganda and across Africa and the rest of the world is the very worst forms of child labour associated with one of the world's most valuable commodities," says Nadine Osseiran, senior programmes officer at the ILO.
Recommended by Uttara Bharath Kumar, senior programme officer, John Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs.
Countrywide, most refugees live at subsistence level, says David Kigozi, a senior programme officer at the Kampala-based Internatioutl Refugee Righthatnitiative, povering out that over 70% depend on the World Food Programme.
Nancy Muller, senior programme officer at international health NGO Path, who works on designing solutions to good menstrual hygiene, gives one example of a recent initiative.
Helen Matzger is a senior programme officer on the vaccine delivery team at the foundation, supporting the EDD portfolio on rotavirus and cholera vaccines.
"At its most simple, the girls will change Africa," said Happy Mwende Kinyili, a senior programme officer at international women's fund Mama Cash, which sponsored the event.
Nancy Muller, senior programme officer, Path, Seattle, US, @pathtweets Girls should also be able to feed into the design of the toilets.
Stef Smits, senior programme officer, IRC, @SmitsStef, Stockholm, Sweden Stef works in rural water supply, with experience in a range of countries in Latin America, as well as Africa and India.
Katherine Kahn, senior programme officer of Agricultural Development at the Gates Foundation, said the research had the potential "to transform the lives of small farmers" by "dramatically boosting the crop yields in Africa".
Carolien van der Voorden, senior programme officer – Global Sanitation Fund, WSSCC, Geneva, Switzerland, @WatSanCollabCou Carolien oversees WSSCC's knowledge work on sanitation and hygiene behaviour change, and coordinates the GSF's work on learning and documentation.
