The group pictured above consists of 13 LGBTQ adults and six children, with their mothers being three of the four women in the group. They're a close-knit group that look out for each other while enduring a life none of us may comprehend.
Over 5 years ago, homophobia in their respective home countries changed their lives forever. Threatened by abuse and life-threatening attacks, they each fled, subsequently finding their way to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Kakuma camp, Kenya.
There, along with many other LGBTQ people, they suffered prejudice, hate and daily physical violence from homophobic camp residents and officials.
Circumstances brought them together as a group in Kakuma. In early 2024, they collectively decided to undertake the perilous journey to another UN refugee camp in South Sudan. Since then, their refugee status has finally been recognised and confirmed.
Life in most refugee camps is grim; rations seldom provide them enough to eat, sanitation is a constant health issue, and medical needs often unfulfilled. Human prejudices remain a continual threat to their safety and mental welfare.
Such a reality has historically been documented by leading humanitarian organisations (for example, Amnesty International and Rainbow Railroad, to name just two).
The group needs help, primarily through donations to supplement their meagre rations and pay for bare essentials and medical needs. They have no source of income, no opportunity to work*, and live in an unsanitary environment, fraught with risks to their health and well-being. To this day, their hopes and dreams for a resettled future in a friendly third country rest on political and social prejudice.
*Visit their website to read about their recent farming project, a success story made possible by a special, generous donation by a UK sponsor, and their collective hard work to make it work.
Donations in the form of financial support help them purchase food beyond their limited rations of grains, oil, and sometimes rice. Limited camp facilities and the current impact of declining global United Nations funding often mean they lack sufficient resources to meet their basic needs or cover the expenses for treating the many illnesses prevalent in many refugee camps.
The women and children in the group are especially vulnerable to the lack of resources and welfare.
This is NOT A SCAM. There is a genuine and proven humanitarian need. The facts are real and authentic. In 2023, I established a website to give them a voice in the world.
To reflect their current circumstances, a new website has been constructed. www.https://lgbtq-refugees-need-help.com
In early November 2025, the website went live. Gradually, web search engines are indexing the content, making it discoverable on Google and other search engines. Please visit and read what the group sahre about their situation. I can assure you that the website is safe and secure to access.
I am one of a small number of advocates for the group. We need more people to raise funds and provide other support. Even sharing this fundraiser page can help raise awareness of their unenviable situation, potentially leading to a higher donation rate.
Every donation is sent in full via the safe and reliable SENDWAVE app to their dedicated Kenyan mobile money phone. The funds they receive are primarily used to buy food and, secondarily, for medications and necessities to make their lives a little more comfortable.
The funds generated by this fundraiser are forwarded by the GoFundMe organisation to a dedicated bank account, from where I record, send and log every donation.
The group's collective state of isolation continues to rob them of the liberties the rest of us take for granted. This has a direct impact on their mental health, causing trauma, anxiety and depression. Knowing people from around the world care and support them is a lifeline they treasure and appreciate. Probably, more so than you and I might imagine.
HOW YOU CAN HELP.
Donate regularly or as a one-off, via this GoFundMe page.
Write a support message on this funding page.
Share/distribute this fundraiser across your social media, with friends and family.
Read much more about the group on their website.
Become an advocate for the group's well-being. Fundraise, write about the group, and publish your thoughts and views on your chosen medium.
Whatever way you may choose to help, you can make a difference.
Thank you.
My name is Robert Hamilton. I am British. You can contact me in the UK for more information via this funding site or their website.
I became aware of this LGBT group's situation in early 2023. I didn't believe asylum seekers or refugees under the protection of the United Nations lived on the precipice of existence.
How wrong I was!