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LETTER FROM TH E PRESIDENT Over the past 15 years, we?ve gained significant experience on what works and what does not in fighting corruption. Our most promising successes have been at the community level. As we set out to apply the lessons of this success to impact systemic corruption at the national level, it was clear that our success could not easily be replicated nation-wide without the use of information and communications technology. As a result, we developed the Citizen Action Platform, or CAP, to revolutionize the high-value, but historically high-cost of citizen reporting and monitoring of public service delivery. The program?s limited pilot in the Apac district of Uganda has proven to be highly effective in reforming public health care. We?ve collected case data, analyzed government response, and administered public opinion surveys ? all of which demonstrate impressive results, However, the most important impacts cannot be expressed through data. They are human. This booklet seeks to illustrate individual change stories to demonstrate the human impact of the CAP program in Apac. As we embark on expanding the program throughout Uganda, we will continue to produce changes just like those presented here ? but on a much larger scale. I would like to congratulate our team and our partners for their accomplishments and thank them for their continuing work in Apac. Their success bodes well for CAP's enormous potential to root out corruption and improve health care throughout Uganda. Sincerely, Richard Stern President, Partnership for Transparency Fund PICTURED LEFT: A woman speaks out against corruption at a community meeting sponsored by the CAP program in the Apac District of Uganda. 2