Kampala Key, Vulnerable and Priority Populations (KVP) News

We have always been around to serve marginalized communities. We set out to start a satellite organization called The Liberty Africa Youth Foundation (TLAYf)  in Nansana Town Council. We have over 300 beneficiaries we serve on a regular basis in that area. We provide a safe space for all people to meet and learn from us/with us. Equipments and food were stolen from our resource centre. We provide food in form of beans, rice, maize flour and cooking oil to 100 most in need persons regularly. We provide opportunities for health, development, self care and adult education. We have faced persecution because of the work we do. But, we have never given up. We thank Defenders' Protection Investigation-DPI and Uganda Police for checking on us. We appeal to other organizations to come to our support.

MARPS in Uganda, has helped KP-led Organizations in Uganda access Health information in a readily digestible and usable way. One of the most frequent questions fielded is how to maintain ARVs medication at individual levels. ARV service paths can be divided into the proximate and distal parts.   At the proximate are the immediate causes and processes (factors) such as time for taking prescription, actual taking of a prescription, availability of food or water and no barriers to one’s taking medication. At the distal part are those structural and environmental factors such as price, political conditions, status, stigma, discrimination, harassment, availability of health facilities to ensure refills and regular supply of medicines before stocks run out. But for KPs in Uganda, the case may be different. Some cannot afford housing, cannot afford transport to go to clinics for regular check-ups or refills. The likelihood of facing stigma and discri...