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Warning: This episode contains references to human exploitation and is only intended to be heard by adults aged 18 and over. If you are likely to find this distressing, emotionally triggering or challenging, please consider carefully how you might want to engage with this episode. We’ve provided links for support agencies in the description below. Stay safe.
Welcome to this week’s episode where I talk to Peter Sewakiryanga.
Peter is the Founder of Kyampisi, an organization in Uganda that deals with trafficking for child sacrifice.
We originally visited Kyampisi in Series 1 with Sam Karugaba, but returned to speak to Peter to find out more.
Originally an accountant, Peter was helping out at a soccer academy in Uganda and became aware of an eight-year-old child who had gone missing for several days. They searched and found the child’s decapitated body discarded in bushes with his genitals removed. Three children from the area of Kyampisi were later discovered in similar conditions. Helping the bereaved families of both cases, Peter learned about the extent to which child sacrifice was occurring.
Peter tells us how children are lured by traffickers on their way back from school, kidnapped, or even their parents will kill their own children in the belief that this will bring them good fortune.
Fear of witchcraft, corruption, and lack of capacity of police to investigate these cases are factors that have allowed this crime to endure, with similar belief systems known to exist across Africa.
Peter talks about how Kyampisi works with the police to rescue children, bringing them into a safe house to provide them protection, shelter, medical treatment, and education.
If you’d like to learn more about Peter and Kyampisi visit their website at www.kyampisi.org
The full video version of this episode is available on our official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@illustroconsultancyltd
If you or someone you suspect is a victim of modern slavery or other forms of exploitation or abuse, please see the list of support agencies and reporting lines in the episode description.
Your call could save someone’s life…including your own.
Stay safe.
Support agencies and reporting lines
UK emergency 999 / non-emergency 112, Europe emergency 112, US emergency 911 (A full list of global emergency telephone numbers can be accessed on Wikipedia at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... ) UK National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247 Childline 0800 1111 Crimestoppers UK 0800 555111 UK Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline 08000 121 700 Migrant Help 0808 8010 503 Rape Crisis England & Wales 0808 500222
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By Illustro Consultancy LtdWarning: This episode contains references to human exploitation and is only intended to be heard by adults aged 18 and over. If you are likely to find this distressing, emotionally triggering or challenging, please consider carefully how you might want to engage with this episode. We’ve provided links for support agencies in the description below. Stay safe.
Welcome to this week’s episode where I talk to Peter Sewakiryanga.
Peter is the Founder of Kyampisi, an organization in Uganda that deals with trafficking for child sacrifice.
We originally visited Kyampisi in Series 1 with Sam Karugaba, but returned to speak to Peter to find out more.
Originally an accountant, Peter was helping out at a soccer academy in Uganda and became aware of an eight-year-old child who had gone missing for several days. They searched and found the child’s decapitated body discarded in bushes with his genitals removed. Three children from the area of Kyampisi were later discovered in similar conditions. Helping the bereaved families of both cases, Peter learned about the extent to which child sacrifice was occurring.
Peter tells us how children are lured by traffickers on their way back from school, kidnapped, or even their parents will kill their own children in the belief that this will bring them good fortune.
Fear of witchcraft, corruption, and lack of capacity of police to investigate these cases are factors that have allowed this crime to endure, with similar belief systems known to exist across Africa.
Peter talks about how Kyampisi works with the police to rescue children, bringing them into a safe house to provide them protection, shelter, medical treatment, and education.
If you’d like to learn more about Peter and Kyampisi visit their website at www.kyampisi.org
The full video version of this episode is available on our official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@illustroconsultancyltd
If you or someone you suspect is a victim of modern slavery or other forms of exploitation or abuse, please see the list of support agencies and reporting lines in the episode description.
Your call could save someone’s life…including your own.
Stay safe.
Support agencies and reporting lines
UK emergency 999 / non-emergency 112, Europe emergency 112, US emergency 911 (A full list of global emergency telephone numbers can be accessed on Wikipedia at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... ) UK National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247 Childline 0800 1111 Crimestoppers UK 0800 555111 UK Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline 08000 121 700 Migrant Help 0808 8010 503 Rape Crisis England & Wales 0808 500222
#letstalkmodernslavery #modernslavery #slavery #modernslaveryawareness #humantrafficking #exploitation #mentalhealth #podcast #podcasting #truecrimepodcast #truecrimecommunity #truecrime #childabuseprevention #murdernews