Kampala Key, Vulnerable and Priority Populations (KVP) News

  Kawempe Division Anti-TB Grassroots Based Initiatives-KADIATI 2021-2022     Who are behind this project?   Most at Risk Populations’ Society in Uganda (MARPS In Uganda) and Tusitukirewamu Group found in Bwaise of Kawempe Division in Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA).   Describe the Communities, Rights and Gender work and associated key achievements of your organization. (200 words)   Kawempe Division is the largest of all constituencies that make up the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). We are an organization led by women and men who are looking after children and persons living with HIV/TB and Orphans and Vulnerable Children. Our work's main objective is to ensure housing and care through rights-based approaches. We work with different CBOs such as the Most At Risk Organization serving LGBTIQQ living with HIV. We also serve sex-workers and refugees all of whom have fears and insecurities. We have worked with the Ugandan National ...

They are using their spaces to participate in efforts to contribute to self and the development of their society. They are doing it in a unique or as they want to put it, "in a way they feel involved, to contribute to a better world." They found time to interrogate how best they could present their youthful vigour at an international panel. This is how they describe themselves:   "We planned debated, discussed, tried out this and that. Finally a format was created. When we bring our heads together things work out better. We are able to identify what has to be done by whom and when. Team work supports collective input. Join us for a "Changing the Story" Film Festival. We have put up activities on our pages. We are showcasing ways to participate in fulfilled life experiences as well as uniting with Africa against COVID-19. +++ We have various activities going on and this Film Festival is one of them. Soon we shall launch COVID-19 LOSER- a digital campaign as a H...

Ten Ways To Help Your Loved One Adjust To Life After Prison   We have subject matter experts in the areas of Family Ministry, In-Prison Programmes and Criminal Justice Reform advocacy and we want to reach out to the LGBTIQQ Community in Africa to build resilience structures within them. The most important cause of criminalisation of ways of life is the unholy nexus between politicians and bureaucracy. There is a tendency of community leadership to align itself with the people in power and not to represent the local or characteristic needs of the community. Community leaders can be shielded from politics, dismissals or can secure their positions when they are aligned with the people. The people feel safe enough in their homes in Uganda.   This time around when COVID-19 is roaming large, food security and the means to prepare it; and availability of various forms of prevention and financial security can be an indicator of the trust the people give their leader or not. These...

Various organisations which animate Health Promotion Activism (HPA) formed an umbrella to support each other. In Uganda, three joined hands to animate The International Day of  Living Together  In Peace which falls on: 16th  May 2020. This is the Self Esteem Movement Building-Uganda (SEMBU). They are: South and Western key Populations AIDS Prevention ( SWKPAAP);  Most At Risk Populations' Society in Uganda (MARPS In Uganda) and Wave of Legacy Alliance initiative (WALAI). The teams  participated in a "COVID-19 loser 'Do no harm' Campaign." They were introduced to the significance of the theme 'taking health in our hands' and the links between: health literacy; health governance or organising and healthy communities. Through the gained confidence they were able to plan, coordinate and engage in Strategic public health promotion, wellness and quality life advocacy activities. See their pictures and please send them good vibes!

There is a health alternative and answer to the LGBTIQQ question and self-determination in Uganda. There have to be Strategic Plans supporting dignity, respect, justice, enjoyment of quality life, livelihood, agency, autonomy and self-determination of LGBTIQQ persons in Uganda. Let us  support that approach as well. Is it possible for LGBTIQQ in Uganda to be supported to pursue self-esteem and quality life self-preservation goals? It is their right to dress the way they feel dignifies them. Right? But........but, you are a leader who believes in this narrative. Right? Let us think back. Critical analysis here! You have led LGBTIQQ since the start of activism and indeed your work is commendable. You have won awards, recognition and and accolades. Right? Let us use the same dignity you enjoy to think with a dignity-affirmation lens. "Human rights" are humanised rights when you are arguing a case for universal care, love by parents, denounce persecution, stabilised housing, li...