Kampala Key, Vulnerable and Priority Populations (KVP) News

1. Generate and raise awareness on hand -washing, social distancing and staying-at-home as part of COVID-19 Prevention 2. Use the days to share about an aspect of prevention such as: a. Thematic Monday: Occupying oneself at home while self-isolating; games, house chores, reading, writing, studying online b. Thematic Tuesday: Chatting up friends, checking on them and promoting companionship using WhatsApp or video conferencing c. Thematic Wednesday: Talk, write or research about COVID-19 news and share on Blog, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or word of mouth among close friends d. Thematic Thursday: Care for the sick, Addressing Gender-Based Violence, Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girl Child, Women health Integrating COVID-19 Response e. Thematic Friday: Youth-Friendly Services Integrating COVID-19 Response f. Thematic Saturday: TB, HIV, Malaria, Men's Health and healthy living Integrating COVID-19 Response g. Thematic Sunday: Weekly Review of all Pro-...

Thank you all for enabling us to conduct the UHC-Day, Africa-Baraza. UHC in full is Universal Health Coverage.  We started with committing to clean our yards, adopt a welcoming face, a comfortable drop-by center and a readiness to provide answers to frequently asked questions on health.  Little did we know that we would win a coveted grant to host refugees, Queer refugees at that, to an experience very few funders support.  From 25th November to 12th December we held events geared at raising the critical hours to engage in conversation, narratives and action around improving or making room for healthy living goals.  For refugees Universal health coverage is a promise which will go a long way to set the pace for better lifestyles and quality of life. Leaders should keep their word. We were able to hold intact our connectedness and on the UHC-Day, Africa-Baraza we realized we had done so much to stay connected. UHC in full is Universal Health Coverage...

Please follow us on our journey to highlight 6 issues during the International Human Rights Day which is today. Also, do not forget we are hosting the UHC Day-Africa Baraza on 12th December. You are welcome. Islam is peaceful, tolerant and a harmonizer “The great liberal betrayal of this generation is that in the name of liberalism, communal rights have been prioritized over individual autonomy within minority groups. And minorities within minorities really do suffer because of this betrayal. The people I really worry about when we have this conversation are feminist Muslims, gay Muslims, ex-Muslims—all the vulnerable and bullied individuals who are not just stigmatized but in many cases violently assaulted or killed merely for being against the norm”. - Maajid Journalists Reporting about Sexuality, Gender, Identity and Orientation must ensure Accuracy and fairness, independence, integrity, accountability, opportunity to reply, unnamed Sources, confidentiality, misrepr...

At a male ward, in Kakuma Camp Hospital lie several refugees beaten rather brutally and some in need of specialized care. The excessive use of force by the Camp Security is uncalled for. It is a crime against humanity. This is Christmas time. A time when we are all merry and jovial. However, do these refugees know that it is Christmas time? Refugees are not "mistaken identities" or some statistic warranting impunity! A tweet from Refugee Independent Support Organization (RISO) in Kenya purports to a disturbing piece of information. Refugee Independence Support Oganization-RISO @RefugeeRiso  Vision: A quality life for all humans irrespective of status and belief. "Rwenjura Nathan an LGBTI refugee member who was brutally beaten by the GOK death squads and homophobes in Kakuma refugee camp, he is critically very sick and fighting for dear life. His sad condition has brought tears to Fellow refugees in Kakuma who are not sure of his survival." A sourc...