Advocacy for Alleged Witches
What happens when two of the world’s leading experts on Witchcraft Accusations join forces?
The answer is: great things!
Dr. Leo Igwe, founder of Advocacy for Alleged Witches and Safe Child Africa founder Gary Foxcroft, have both spent their lives campaigning and defending the rights of children alleged of witchcraft.
Dr. Igwe (pictured right) has written and campaigned extensively about witchcraft accusations and he, like our own SCA founder, has faced threats, legal challenges - and worse - due to his championing of innocent people, including children, who stand accused of witchcraft.
Dr. Leo Igwe, Founder & CEO of AfAW
Click above for a 1-min video about the ‘anti witch-hunt season’ 2025
Advocacy For Alleged Witches works with accusations against people of all ages and across Africa. Our work overlaps when children’s rights are abused because of witchcraft beliefs and accusations.
Like the children pictured left, who were dragged from their home, brutally attacked, covered with petrol and set on fire because a family member believed they had caused an illness through witchcraft. Their burns were extensive.
This has to stop.
AfAW, with our help, has been actively supporting the victims’ family since the attack, providing medical treatment and education to aid the children’s full recovery.
AfAW is conducting a Decade of Activism against Witch Persecution in Africa: 2020-2030, the main aim of which is to end witch hunting in Africa by sensitizing Africans on witch hunting and spearheading the advocacy for alleged witches in Africa.
You can find out more and support this, by following AfAW’s website, or Facebook Group, or make a donation below.
