HEAR FROM ELOISE AT YOUR EVENT
Powerful stories from elite athletics, a world-changing friendship, and a grassroots movement for global change.
YOUR SPEAKER
Eloise Wellings is a dual Olympian, grassroots humanitarian leader, and co-founder of Love Mercy.
Standing alongside fellow Olympian and co-founder Julius Achon in his vision to restore hope to Uganda, Eloise has co-led a 15-year-strong movement of sustainable economic transformation, impacting hundreds of thousands of women and their families.
A REMARKABLE LEGACY
Flipping the script on international aid, Julius and Eloise have ruthlessly prioritised the voices of women, building truly sustainable programs that are directly co-designed and delivered by the communities they seek to benefit.
Together, Julius and Eloise have done development differently.
Eloise is a powerful speaker and storyteller, with rich experience sharing the Love Mercy story to inspire teams around Australia and the world.
Reach out today to find out how Eloise can elevate your organisation with lessons from her friendship with Julius, standing alongside the women of northern Uganda, two Olympics, five Commonwealth Games, and a life dedicated to generational impact.
An unlikely friendship.
A global impact.
The power of women.
For 15 years, Julius and Eloise’s remarkable story of friendship, compassion, dedication, and hope has captivated audiences around Australia and the world.
In Portland, 2008 at the Nike clinic, Julius Achon was working as a pacer and househand. Eloise Wellings was rehabilitating an ongoing injury. A chance meeting would change the trajectory of not only their lives, but the lives of thousands in Uganda.
Julius, a former child soldier, told Eloise the story of his home village in northern Uganda, devastated by poverty in the wake of decades of civil war. Together, they vowed to help, and Love Mercy Foundation was born.
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
THE POWERFUL STORY, BOUND TO INSPIRE.
Julius & Eloise knew that to have a transformational impact, the change needed to be driven by women.
As the caretakers for their families, the extraordinarily determined and resilient women of Uganda became Love Mercy’s key focus.
The wave of restorative empowerment across northern Uganda through Love Mercy’s programs is a captivating story of the power of women: their heart, their strength, and their relentless drive to uplift one another.
36,000 women in Cents for Seeds
1,800+ safe births
90 sustainable wells
90,000 Kristina Health Centre patients
150,000+ provided clean water access
36,000 women in Cents for Seeds 1,800+ safe births 90 sustainable wells 90,000 Kristina Health Centre patients 150,000+ provided clean water access
OUR CO-FOUNDER
Meet Julius
Two-time Olympian, former child soldier and renowned humanitarian Julius Achon co-founded Love Mercy Foundation to realise his dream of restoring the lives of the women and children from his home village of Awake after decades of civil war
Julius’ inspiring story is one of deep struggle, fierce determination, and an unwavering passion to see lives flourish in Uganda and across the world. From child soldier to elite athlete, Julius has overcome insurmountable obstacles to become the leader of a movement.
