The SSA has affiliates all over the world - including several in Africa. Betty Nassaka, chairperson of the Ugandan Humanist Effort to Save Women (UHESWO), sends along this brief summary of her group's successes on campus.

The Institute for Humanist Studies (IHS) gave UHESWO a grant to establish its branch at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. UHESWO is to use this grant to implement a one-year project aiming at empowering female freshmen at Makerere University to embrace the Humanistic virtues of human rights, self-help, self-reliance, tolerance, courage, science and reason.

The official launch of the UHESWO MUK branch took place on March 28, 2008 by the Vice Chairman of Humanist Action for Humanist Rights (HAMU), Mr. Gunnar Olafsen at Makerere Guest House. It was just a great day and we felt very proud when this launch was watched by many Ugandans over two of Uganda's television stations. It was widely reported in the local and English news, and many radio stations also reported on our event.

It seems Humanism has started receiving attention in Uganda. We were startled to see the large number of journalists from different media, and hopefully they reported what took place very well.