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I created this fundraiser on behalf of Vivian in Gorom Refugee Camp.

 Follow the link to watch their YouTube video: <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/Qjrm9DU2f8g?si=Pl_aNCaQQNq1PXQl" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://youtube.com/shorts/Qjrm9DU2f8g?si=Pl_aNCaQQNq1PXQl</a>   Below is their story:

 MY PERSONAL STORY:
  Hello everyone! I'm Vivian, a transgender woman refugee, currently living in Gorom refugee camp in South Sudan with other LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers from Uganda, DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, and Ethiopia ️‍️‍⚧️❤️. All of us were previously residing in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya.
  When I first came out as a queer person in my home country, Uganda, I faced a lot of discrimination, arbitrary arrests and assaults not only from law enforcement officers but also from members in my community including my friends and relatives. The dislike and homophobia was so intense that even my relatives and friends disowned and ostracized me.
  As a result of the persecution (arbitrary arrests and assaults), discrimination, and the draconian homophobic laws, I fled Uganda to Kenya in 2021 and claimed asylum; I filed my asylum case with the UNHCR (the United Nations Refugee Agency) and the Government of Kenya. The Government of Kenya reserves the mandate of conducting Refugee Status Determination and granting refugee status to asylum seekers. Unfortunately the Government of Kenya refused to grant me and other queer refugees, a Refugee Status Determination (RSD) interview because they didn't want to grant refugee status and thus legal residence status to queer asylum seekers.
  Towards the end of 2023 when they (Government officers working in Kakuma refugee camp) explicitly told us (the LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers) to go away and find somewhere else to claim asylum and safety, I moved to South Sudan together with my fellow LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers and we sought asylum with the UNHCR in South Sudan — this time not with the Government. Fortunately, the UNHCR in South Sudan granted me a Refugee Status Determination (RSD) interview which I passed and I was granted refugee status which meant legal safety from continued persecution ️‍️‍⚧️❤️.
  I have been a refugee and an Asylum seeker for nearly four years in Kenya and South Sudan. I still face a lot of psychological torture and trauma as a result of the persecution I faced in my home country Uganda; I was also disowned and ostracized by my relatives and friends, a fact that is significantly contributing to the psychological torture that I am experiencing.
  My unfortunate experience of persecution and discrimination has pushed me to becoming an LGBTQ rights activist and advocate ️‍⚧️️‍❤️. I dream about the day when I will speak for the voiceless queer people on the world stage. I hope for a world where no queer person has to forcefully leave the comfort of their home country to seek asylum in a foreign country in an attempt to save their lives, a world where no queer person is discriminated against, a world where draconian laws criminalizing homosexuality are a subject of history. Such a world is possible only when you and I join hands and resources and amplify each other's voices️‍⚧️️‍❤️.
  While in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, I participated in a lot of advocacy and activism regarding LGBTQ refugee rights and safety. My advocacy work was documented on the Instagram account @sevencolorspectrumkakuma.
  Click the link below to check out the Instagram profile and see the work of my activism and advocacy while the LGBTQ refugee community was still residing in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2PoBxvrGd0/?img_index=4&amp;igsh=MWdud3RidGo4cnJ1YQ==" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/p/C2PoBxvrGd0/?img_index=4&amp;igsh=MWdud3RidGo4cnJ1YQ==</a>     WHY YOU SHOULD DONATE:
  As an LGBTQ refugee rights activist and advocate, a representative and a leader, one of my tasks is to advocate for the betterment of the living conditions of the LGBTQ refugee community in Gorom refugee camp ️‍⚧️️‍❤️.
  We face numerous challenges. Mental health challenges such as psychological torture and stress are very common amongst us. We also face discrimination from the rest of the refugee population and the host community. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) provides only $10 per refugee per month for basic needs. This money can't even sustain us. Therefore there is a challenge of lack of basic needs like food, clean drinking water, clothes, decent shelters, healthcare, etc. There are a considerable number of LGBTQ refugees in the camp who suffer from diseases such as HIV/AIDS, asthma, epilepsy, sickle cells, and of recent, cholera has become very common.

 Your donations will be used to meet the basic needs of the LGBTQ refugee community in Gorom refugee camp such as food, vital medication, more decent shelters, etc.
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  No donation is small. Please donate and save a life today.

Love and solidarity ️‍⚧️️‍❤️
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