End Human Rights Abuses Against Alleged Witches

Hello Wonderful Readers

Songtaba brings to you another interesting and exciting updates on our work with alleged witches under the End Human rights Abuses Against Alleged Witches. During this period under review Songtaba as part of its work plan visited the Kukuo camp to meet with the women at the camp. The objective of the meeting was to sensitize as well conscientize them to make the decision to be reintegrated back to their home communities. It can be recalled in previous reports that the first set of 20 women profiled at the start of the project have been successfully reintegrated and our monitoring reveals that they living happily with their families.

After the camp visit, Songtaba also organised monitoring visits to the 20 women who have so far been reintegrated through your support. This monitoring visit is part of Songtaba's core values to always keep in touch with the right holder groups that we work especially the alleged witches due to the nature of their vulnerability. during this visits we also discuss the possibility of some of these reintegrated women to vist the camp again to talk to the women at the camp as a source of motivation to also accept the reintegration. There was great excitement among some of the women and their readiness to visit the camp to solidarise and orient their colleagues to sign onto the reintegration programme.

Songtaba is however, sad to announce the passing away of one of the reintegrated women. during our visit the family of one of the reintegrated women informed us about her death which they believe it was a natural death that came to her at her old age and they as a familiy are thankful for at least she died peacefully at her home and received a beffiting burial.

Plans are far advance to profile the next batch of women to be reintegrated and the project coordinator is building a profile list with all the detail information of every women that will be part of  the reintegration process.Gradually through the frequent community sensitisation, the kukuo is reducing in numbers women brought to the camp. even those who have been accused and brought to the camp were not abondoned at the camp but sent home after the rituals.

At Songtaba we are committed to working with state institution to see how we can even stop the trial by ordeal because it is offensive in the eyes of the law.

with your support we can do more and give proper feedback!

Thank You