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The BIG FIX Uganda - In the Media

Intervention Journal

The Comfort Dog Project of Northern Uganda: An Innovative Canine-Assisted Psychosocial Trauma Recovery Program, Meg Daley Olmert, 2021
BBC "100 Women" Series

A short film by Amelia Martyn-Hemphill about Filda and Lok Oroma and other Comfort Dog Project teams, August 2019
Uganda Radio Interview

Radio Interview with Comfort Dog Project Manager Francis Okello Oloya, November 2022
We Don't Deserve Dogs

A 2020 documentary film featuring people and dogs around the world, including 3 Comfort Dog Project teams.
Transforming Trauma

A book edited by Philip Tedeschi and Molly Jenkins, Purdue University Press 2019, with interviews of Sarah Schmidt about The Comfort Dog Project in Chapter 14
The London Times

If evidence where even needed of the healing power of dogs, the war-ravaged northern villages of Uganda would be a good place to look. August 2019
Voice of America

Halima Athumani reports on the Comfort Dog Project for VOA, an international radio broadcasting network, January 2018.
Extraordinary People Podcast

Beth Dispoto interviews BIG FIX Founder Sarah Schmidt, 2025
Reuters report

A report about The Comfort Dog Project by Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, February 2018
Uganda: Hounds of Hope

A documentary film about The Comfort Dog Project, February 2025
Equal Times Report

In Northern Uganda, therapy dogs are helping the survivors of war cope with their trauma, January 2020
Doggy Dan Podcast

The Online Dog Trainer Doggy Dan interviews BIG FIX Founder Sarah Schmidt, 2019
National Public Radio (NPR)

An NPR story by Julian Hattem about the impact of The Comfort Dog Project for traumatized war survivors, November 2017
China Global Television Network (CGTN)

A CGTN broadcast about The Comfort Dog Project and its impact to program guardians, August 2018
Global Press Journal

Uganda’s Comfort Dog Project Heals Trauma Through Therapy, Canine Companionship, September 2018
Denver University News

A news article from Denver University School of Social Work reporting on Christy Janiszewski's internship with The Comfort Dog Project, September 2023
Warrior Canine Connection

An article by Meg Daley Olmert about the canine connection in Uganda at The BIG FIX, December 2019
NTV broadcast

A news broadcast report about the use of therapy dogs at Lightray, an NGO in Gulu, including an interview with The Comfort Dog Project's manager Francis Okello Oloya
Chimp Reports article

Article about The Comfort Dog Project with interviews of Francis Okello Oloya, Akumu Filda, and other CDP guardians, November 2022
Health Journalists Network in Uganda (HJNU) article

The Comfort Dog Project's use of dog companionship to improve mental health, December 2022
Minority Africa broadcast

Francis Okello Oloya and Comfort Dog Project participants talk about the healing power of the human-dog bond in this broadcast report which aired in January 2024
Global Voices article

A print version of the January 2024 Minority Africa report about The Comfort Dog Project
The Independent article about CDP

An article about The Comfort Dog Project, November 2022
The Independent Article about rabies vaccinations

An article in The Independent about The BIG FIX Uganda providing 861 free rabies vaccinations on World Rabies Day in September 2021
End Rabies Now article

An article about The BIG FIX Uganda's work to eradicate rabies from Northern Uganda, February 2019
Presentation at University of Denver

A presentation by Meg Daley Olmert and Sarah Schmidt about The Comfort Dog Project at IHAC (Institute for Human-Animal Connection), January 2021.
Interview with Meg Olmert

An interview with Meg Olmert about the science behind the human-animal bond and The Comfort Dog Project, November 2022
University of Denver Presentation

A presentation by Philip Tedeschi and Molly Jenkins about The Comfort Dog Project, presented to the U.D. School of Social Work