#kakuma

Right now, LGBTQ+ refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp are suffering in silence. Many of us have been forced to flee our countries because of who we are only to face homophobia, starvation, and homelessness even here.

We sleep outside without proper shelters.

We struggle for food and clean water every day.

We have no access to work, healthcare, or safety.

Those living with HIV, pneumonia, and cancer are dying in isolation due to lack of treatment and discrimination. Every day feels like a fight just to stay alive. 💔

We urgently need support, visibility, and action from the global community. Your help whether through donations, amplifying our voices, or connecting us with humanitarian organizations can save lives.

Please don’t turn away. Stand with us. Share our story. Help us survive. 🕊️

Note; We don't have a campaign on that we can add to our posts so that we can get help through it. Please you can donate via worldremit on the mob number below and it will reach direct to us.

Mob; +254701366010

Zip code; 30500 , city; kakuma city, names; Samuel Napokori , country; kenya.

Any kind of support will mean much to us and life saving. Please you can also feel free to reach out to us on WhatsAp via the very number 🙏.

Thanks for your time.

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Alongside the hardships of living in Kakuma, these people suffer persecution for their identities, including physical harm and verbal harassment from local townspeople and other refugees, denial of services and resources due to their orientations and identities, and lack of access to specialised healthcare.

A 2023 Amnesty International article:

A 2021 report by Organisation for Refuge, Asylum & Migration:

GoFundMe links:

GoFundMe fundraisers have been organised to get the money needed to improve the situation for queer people in Kakuma.

@kakuma-queer97 also has a PayPal to donate directly:

I’m making this post to raise awareness of the violence and discrimination that has been happening and continues to happen to queer people in the Kakuma camp in northwestern Kenya. Tumblr user transsmith2023 knows the situation well and told me the following,

“The queers are living in a very terrible situation comprised of persecution, torture and discrimination of all sorts that has costed many lives and severe injuries to those who still living.

You can help us through advocating for our equal rights and freedom with the help of both social media platforms, main streams if you have access to them.

You can link us to the queer organisations, personnels so that we can helped.

Private sponsorship program is open, let the queers that side know about our existence. They may be in position to privately sponsor us. Forexample America right know has welcome corps.”

He goes on to say, “Because of our orientation, we are refused jobs, limiting our access to necessary resources. Many of us are homeless and sleep outside, leaving us increasingly vulnerable to violence. We cannot afford food and water, living in poverty even more extreme than the camp’s general population . Many victims of rape and sexual violence contract HIV and other STDs, but cannot afford the medicine which could save their lives.

Our story has been platformed by major NGOs, including Amnesty- https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/05/kenyas-kakuma-refugee-camp-not-yet-safe-for-lgbti-asylum-seekers/ ,

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/07/kakuma-refugee-camp-trans-lgbtq-amnesty/ , https://theconversation.com/amp/lgbti-refugees-seeking-protection-in-kenya-struggle-to-survive-in-a-hostile-environment-182810.

Despite this attention, we face no material aid and no protection from the violence which haunts us daily.”