I am Lucy Ng’ang’a, an activist, human rights defender who has been active in Berlin since September 2019 - since I came to Germany as an asylum seeker and joined a feminist self organised grassroot organisation.

In these last years I have been active in mobilising women who are newly arriving and seeking asylum in Germany - in the main reception centre in Eisenhüttenstadt as well as in the different Lagers across the vast Brandenburg. My motivation is to empower women who are in the same precarious situation as I have been: A woman arriving into the German Asylum System.

Now I am a project coordinator of a self organised refugee women* only group that was formed out of such mobilisation. My motivation is that fair, just and equity is a right to every woman* in society. Only together we will make it.

We are working on giving asylum seeking women access to information, we are building a community, raising our voices to speak for ourselves, gaining the power to make informed decisions. We are doing true peer to peer exchange. As one of the women who have gone through the process of asylum seeking I have been actively involved as a speaker in panel discussions on different topics of asylum and migration, attended conferences, read out speeches during demos and other events. This is a clear example that one can rise beyond the challenging and oppressive asylum structures and can be part of making a difference.

Fairness, Just and Equity, making a difference, wherever you are - these are the values I was raised up through my dear father, Samwel Ng’ang’a.

Now I am raising funds for him. He has fallen sick with Prostate cancer and is getting treatment back in Kenya. In Dec 2024 when suddenly within a few weeks his health deteriorated he started a new chemotherapy. Even though the treatment has adverse complications on his health he is hanging in there - being his old self, going every day the miles to the field to nourish his family.

The problem are the finances:

Even though I have been paying his health-insurance, up to now his treatment has not been covered by the Kenyan Social Health Insurance Fund (SHA) and since I am the sole family member with some source of income the responsibility of paying his treatment lies on my shoulders.

Since he started treatment in February 2025 to date, I have spent approximately 5400€ on his chemotherapy sessions, doctors consultation fees and transport.

With all these demands on my shoulders and with an income that can barely support my own needs,the situation has had a toll on me.

So I am reaching out to all of you, to share these expenses and be part of my fathers healing process.

The funds will be used to cater for his transport from the village in Njoro, Nakuru to Nairobi, where his treatment is taking place (188km distance/4 hours drive).

My father is on crutches and requires a specific travel arrangement which is difficult to secure with the public transport in Kenya.

Also the funds will be used for his nutritional upkeep (to counteract the adverse chemotherapy effects - 2000€), the chemotherapy sessions (11000€), doctors consultation fees (2000€) at the Urology centre for the next 9 months until the doctor advises otherwise.

I will transfer all the funds to my sister, Maria, who is in Kenya and taking care of him and I will regularly update all processes and his progress with us.

Thank you so much as you consider supporting me in this course and if you are not able to donate this time, I will truly appreciate it if you can share with your community, networks and friends.