Margaret Arach Orech

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Overview

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Margaret Arach Orech born Lira, Uganda December 4, 1956.  Founding director Uganda Landmine Survivors Association (ULSA) 2001; lost leg to landmine, 1998; ambassador for Nobel Prize organization International Campaign to Ban Landmines; Joan Kroc WomanPeacemaker, 2014.

Quotations

“I used what happened to me as my stepping stone for starting peace-related activities. I didn’t want what happened to me to happen to others. . . I became a voice of the people injured by the lack of peace that we talk so much about. It’s like the wounded person becoming a healer for other wounded souls.” (Tara Ruttenberg interview, Nov. 4, 2014; photo twitter.com)