YouBelong CEO’s Statement on Solidarity and Public Health Measures as Published in CEO East Africa
June 11, 2020
CEO East Africa — Thought Leadership
Monsignor David Cappo, Co-Founder and CEO of YouBelong
Do you believe that COVID-19 is real? Have you felt prepared to follow the President’s lockdown and social distancing measures? While the majority of people in Uganda would respond affirmatively to both these questions, there are still many people in Uganda, as evidenced by their behaviour, who would not.
When we fail to respect lockdown restrictions by breaching the curfew hours or reject public health measures like social distancing and wearing masks in public, we not only put ourselves at risk, we also compromise the health and safety of those around us. Taking actions that benefit only us as individuals and have little regard for the well-being of the communities in which we live is not only a sign of selfishness but represents disloyalty to Uganda and its well-being. This message applies not only to Ugandans but to expatriates who live and work in Uganda, such as myself.
