Aidah Agwang
Public Relations Specialist, Compassion International
I am a passionate communication professional with over 12years of progressive fundraising and advocacy experience in Uganda's Government, private, and NGO sectors. I have conducted short-term communication, advocacy, and fundraising consultancies for USAID, Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN), Child's I Foundation, National Association of Social Workers (NASWU), IIDC, and WOUGNET. I lead the Public Relations and Communication at Compassion International Uganda. Before this, I led the Communications, Advocacy, and Fundraising (CAF) department as the Deputy Director at Child's i Foundation until 2019. I have crafted and implemented various strategies for various organizations, including a five-year communication and advocacy strategy and a partnerships/stakeholder management strategy for Child's i Foundation, a five-year Public Relations strategy for Compassion International Uganda, an Influencer Marketing Strategy for Uganda Child Rights NGO Network(UCRNN) and supported the development of a Local Resource Mobilization (LRM) for Compassion International in Uganda. I am a content creator, writer, storyteller, and blogger. I have created content for websites, including ugandansadopt. ug from 2013-2015, huchihive, and jjongozacoffee.com. My short story "
4.30 - 6.30 PM
Thursday 5th Dec
Representation and Media: Sustainable Development Through Media Narratives
A Panel