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03-02-2016, 11:12 PM
The inspiring acid attack survivors pushing to change Uganda's laws
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KAMPALA, Uganda — More than half her body is completely shriveled, but 33-year-old Gloria Kankunda is adamant about one thing. "I'll make these scars stars," Kankunda, who has a glowing smile to match her personality, told Take Part.
She is one of the hundreds of women who have been left physically, psychologically, and socially scarred by an acid attack in the East African country in the past few decades.
SEE ALSO: At 80, this former nun is helping sick Ugandans die painlessly (http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/02/17/uganda-end-life)
Today, she is working to prevent further attacks as the managing director of Uganda's Center for Rehabilitation of Survivors of Acid and Burns Violence (http://ceresav.org), which she cofounded in 2012 to offer legal advice and health services to survivors. Late last year, the **ngovernmental organization also succeeded in pushing through a bill that places restrictions on access to the chemicals and imposes a life sentence for someone convicted of perpetrating an acid attack. It was signed into law in December Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/02/acid-attack-survivors-uganda/)
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KAMPALA, Uganda — More than half her body is completely shriveled, but 33-year-old Gloria Kankunda is adamant about one thing. "I'll make these scars stars," Kankunda, who has a glowing smile to match her personality, told Take Part.
She is one of the hundreds of women who have been left physically, psychologically, and socially scarred by an acid attack in the East African country in the past few decades.
SEE ALSO: At 80, this former nun is helping sick Ugandans die painlessly (http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/02/17/uganda-end-life)
Today, she is working to prevent further attacks as the managing director of Uganda's Center for Rehabilitation of Survivors of Acid and Burns Violence (http://ceresav.org), which she cofounded in 2012 to offer legal advice and health services to survivors. Late last year, the **ngovernmental organization also succeeded in pushing through a bill that places restrictions on access to the chemicals and imposes a life sentence for someone convicted of perpetrating an acid attack. It was signed into law in December Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/02/acid-attack-survivors-uganda/)
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