Biography Narrative

Tegulwa Nageeba Hassan’s stepping stone toward interreligious and cultural experience was her experience teaching in an Aga Khan, Pakistan primary school
for eight years. From there, she continued working towards the promotion of common humanity and a shared experience of human dignity. Starting in 2007, she was involved in a number of community-based projects. It was during this time that she was able work with different faith-based groups. She has participated in interreligious dialogues, exchange visits, conferences and workshops organized by a variety of countries and organizations, including UMSC, GNRC, IRCU and REC in Uganda, Somaliland & Thailand. Her passion for peace building and women’s involvement in peace making, has led to successful global gender initiatives, including the incorporation of women’s desks in the constitutions of both UMSC and IRCU. Representing religious leaders at the 2nd Ministerial Meeting on the Enhancement of Security Cooperation and the Operationalization of the African Peace and Security Architecture, she pushed for the creation of the EAC Interreligious Council. She works with school children and teachers on anti-bullying, cultural diversity and child well-fare curriculum as well as community interfaith initiatives with people from different tribes, cultures and faith backgrounds. Her motto is “Before we belong to any tribe, race, color, religion, class or political affiliation, we are first human beings – everyone is special and unique.”

Interreligious Activities and Initiatives

DIALOGUE FOR PEACE (D4P)

The REC ambassadors book club (REC-ABC) students are currently spear heading the anti bullying campaign in the schools where it was largely tagged to religious teasing that later escalated into bullying. The REC-ABC advocate and promote peaceful co-existence and were earlier oriented in peer education and mediation to address bullying in schools and now they will be trained and equipped with skills as facilitators and leaders in interreligious dialogue for peace to further prevent and eventually stamp out bullying in schools. They will be able to pass on the skills to other members through dialogue sessions in the REC clubs, messages on notice boards, assemblies and class on different topics like respect and mutual understanding, empathy, responsibility, reconciliation, non violent communication, hard work, care, compassion and rights among others.