SUPPORT LGBTQ IN SOUTH SUDAN🌈

Hello everyone, this is a cry for help from queer refugees living in a refugee camp in East Africa.

We are heartbroken and struggling after the heavy rainfall we experienced yesterday. The rain was so strong that it damaged our already weak shelters and allowed water to enter inside. We spent the entire night standing and trying to protect ourselves and our few belongings because everything became soaked.

Our shelters urgently need repairs, but we have no money or support to purchase the materials needed for renovation. We feel helpless and afraid, especially as the rainy season continues.

💔 We are also completely out of food. At the moment, the children are surviving on porridge, while some of us are going without food and only having water. No family should have to live this way, and we are desperately asking for your support.

Please, hear our cries and don't skip us. Any amount you can contribute can make a meaningful difference whether it helps us repair a shelter, buy food or provide basic necessities for the children.

🙏 Please consider donating to our campaign or PayPal below and sharing our appeal with others. If you cannot donate, even sharing this message can help it reach someone who can.

[email protected]

Today, another member of our LGBTQ+ refugee community was left injured after facing violence and hatred. Too many of us live in fear simply because we are perceived as spreading homosexuality.We are human beings who deserve safety, dignity, and the right to exist without violence.

Every scar tells the story of discrimination, displacement, and survival. We are not asking for luxury we are asking for protection, medical care, food, and a chance to live in peace.

Please don't look away. Stand with LGBTQ+ refugees. Raise your voice, share our story, and, if you are able, support our efforts to help those who have been injured and displaced. Your kindness could save a life.

Love is not a crime. Being yourself is not a crime. Silence only allows hatred to continue. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Our PayPal account: [email protected].

Fundraiser: https://www.goodcrowd.org/lgbtq-community-gorom-south-sudan-basic-needs

We are still yet here appealing for your support as we are in the pride month 🏳️‍⚧️, we are looking forward to raising about 1,800$ for our celebration of pride and also purchase medications for our group.

We humbly request that you engage with our post and cause and also reblog or share to others.

We also have a baby that has been diagnosed with some rare skin infection 💔 please have mercy and support this baby, we need about 499$ for the medication

If you are willing to help, please visit our bio or send me a DM. We are ready to share more information about our situation, including photos, videos, and even a Zoom or video call for anyone who would like to learn more. Any donation, no matter how small,$5,10$ makes a great impact,can help bring hope and support to people who are facing difficult conditions every day. If you cannot donate, please share our story. Your kindness, solidarity, and support could make a real difference in someone’s life. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

Hello,

My name is Shafi, a queer refugee from Uganda currently seeking asylum in South Sudan. I live alongside other LGBTQIA+ refugees in Gorom refugee camp, where every day is a struggle to survive.

As Pride Month is celebrated around the world, many people gather in safety, joy, and freedom. We are happy to see those celebrations, but for us, Pride looks very different.

For us, Pride is not a parade.

Pride is waking up hungry and wondering where the next meal will come from.

Pride is living with illness while struggling to access medicine.

Pride is surviving discrimination, persecution, and displacement because of who we are.

Pride is refusing to give up even when the world seems to have forgotten us.

Many members of our LGBTQIA+ refugee community are living with HIV and urgently need ARV medication, food, and proper nutrition. Without food, taking medication becomes difficult and dangerous. Some members of our community are already becoming weak from hunger, illness, and lack of support.

Clean water is scarce. Medical care is limited. Many of us live in fear and uncertainty about what tomorrow will bring.

This Pride Month, we are not asking for celebration.

We are asking for survival.

We are asking for the chance to eat, to access life-saving medication, to drink clean water, and to live with dignity.

If you are able, please stand with us during this difficult time. Your support can help provide food, ARV medication, clean water, and other basic necessities for vulnerable LGBTQIA+ refugees who have nowhere else to turn.

How You Can Help:

PayPal:

[email protected]

[email protected]

M-Pesa Mobile Money:

+254791003606

Name: Seruwagi Shafi

You can also send support through WorldRemit, Sendwave, Remitly, or other international transfer services using the M-Pesa number above.

Community Fundraiser:

https://www.goodcrowd.org/lgbtq-community-gorom-south-sudan-basic-needs

If you cannot donate, please consider sharing our story. Every share helps us reach people who may be able to help.

This Pride Month, please remember those whose greatest dream is not celebration, but freedom, safety, medicine, food, and the chance to stay alive.

Thank you for standing with us.

With hope and gratitude,

Shafi

On behalf of LGBTQIA+ Refugees in Gorom Refugee Camp, South Sudan

Hello dear queer allies,

My heart is heavy after being contacted by a lesbian mother who is facing extremely difficult circumstances. In the video attached to this post, you can see some of the challenges she is currently enduring. As a community representative, I feel a responsibility to speak up and do what I can to help, which is why I am sharing her story and asking for support.

Sadly, her situation is not unique. Many LGBTQ+ people in our community are silently struggling with poverty, trauma, depression, discrimination, and hopelessness. Their voices often go unheard, and their needs remain unmet.

In addition to supporting this mother and her child, there are urgent needs within the community, including educational support for children. Their school requires renovations, learning materials, books, pencils, and other basic supplies to provide a safe and supportive environment for learning.

I cannot do this alone. Every act of kindness, every share, and every contribution no matter how small can make a meaningful difference. Together, we can help restore hope, dignity, and opportunity to those who need it most.

Please consider supporting our campaign and standing with this brave mother and many others like her. Your compassion can help remind them that they are not forgotten.