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Francis  Ssuubi   Biography 

Francis Ssuubi is the Founder of Wells of Hope, a comprehensive organisation that provides effective and compassionate programs for prisoners and their families in Uganda, with great attention being given to children with parents on death row.

Francis Ssuubi is the Global Ambassador of The International Coalition for Children with Incarcerated Parents (INCCIP) a concerted effort that strives to strengthen global relationships of devoted organizations, institutions, individuals, and students working on issues relating to children with incarcerated parents.

Francis has many years of experience working with Children of Prisoners since 2002 and as a speaker, he delivers a stimulating, passionate, and insightful presentation on these marginalised and neglected  group of children.

Francis Ssuubi believes that since issues affecting children of prisoners are transnational, there is a need  for stakeholders world over to work together  to tackle this issue. 

Francis Ssuubi also believes that the death penalty is pre meditated murder and does not make sense, because many times it’s the children of the people on death row or executed who end being slain at the altar of the death sentence.

He has attended or spoken at the following events among others.

  • He attended Coping with a Parent in Prison Conference Brussels ,November 4th – 10th 2012, Royal Museum of History and Arts, Brussels Prior to that he presented at an informal session on  the eve of the conference, on Monday 5th November 5-6.30pm, The Park Hotel, Brussels.
  • In 2013 he was a key note speaker at the USA National Prisoner’s Family Conference which took place in Houston.
  • Francis participated in an Informal off-the-record expert workshop on the topic of Children of Parents Sentenced to Death (or Executed) organised by The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO),  Geneva, Switzerland 28 February – Saturday 2 March 2013 .
  • He was a panel discussant at a side event at the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva on ‘the mental health of children of prisoners’. Monday 4th March 2013. As a speaker on the panel his topic was how useful and relevant the COPING findings are for African children of prisoners.
  • June 2013 .Francis attended the 5th World Congress against the death penalty Madrid Spain which took place in Madrid between 12-15  June 2013.
  • Francis Ssuubi was main speaker at a Seminar  at University of Huddersfield  on Wednesday, 19 June 2013 Huddersfield, United Kingdom .He talked about the plight of children of prisoners and intervention strategies .It was attended Social work Students and staff from Huddersfield University.
  • On 11. September 2013 during the 24th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Francis was one of the panellists on UN panel discussion on the human rights of children of parents on death row or Executed at Palais des Nations, Geneva. 
  • 20th February 2014 he was a workshop facilitator at the USA National Prisoner’s Family Conference which took place in Dallas/Fort Worth.
  • March 10th March 2014 -13th March 2014, Francis Ssuubi had several Speaking Engagements at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, 2014.
  • May 2015  , Francis helped to found the International Coalition for Children with Incarcerated Parents  and  May 7th 2015 , in Dallas Tx, US ,Francis along other practitioners ,  and Academicians, Human rights activists launched  the International Coalition for children with Incarcerated Parents INCCIP . He is currently serving as its Coordinator.  See www.inccip.org 
  •  3rd September- September 2016, Francis Ssuubi had several Speaking Engagements at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, 2014.
  • On the September 21st , 2016 ,Francis Ssuubi attended  and spoke at a high level event – Death Penalty and Victims – which took place on the side-lines of the 71st Session of the UN  General assembly  which took place in New York USA .He also attended the launch of the OHCHR new publication on the death penalty. Francis is one of the authors of this publication in which he highlights the impact of the death penalty on children of those sentence to death or executed!
  • Francis Ssuubi was main speaker at the 2nd Biennial The International Coalition for Children with Incarcerated Parents (INCCIP)conference which took place at the University of Huddersfield  UK from August 12-14, 2019.He talked about the plight of children of prisoners and intervention strategies and the history and the progress of INCCIP.
  • Since 2012, Francis through Wells of Hope organizes and hosts a well-structured study week on Children of with incarcerated parents which takes places at Wells of Hope Kampala, Uganda. The 7th International Study Week 2019 took place from 30th April to 5th May 2019. The prospects of the Study Week are to consolidate experience earned by Wells of Hope, share new knowledge and skills and to discuss and jointly develop an Action Agenda for Children whose Parents are in Prison. This Study week was attended notably by   Dr Bahiyyah Muhammad and Nick Cannon from Howard University, USA.  See www.studyweek.org 
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