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I reserved time and collected what I feel can best capture the plight, flight, fright, fight and a dignified might of the queer refugees at Kakuma Camp.  This vignette is dedicated to them. Angelina Becky: “Oh God,if you love all of us equally why you forgot us LGBTI to suffer unendingless,despite of the fact that LGBTI refugees in Kakuma camp are facing alot of Homophobic,UNHCR still taking more and more LGBTI in Kakuma camp so homophobic place.kill us one by one  😭 😭 😭  we are looking for protection but keep on taking us to unsafe place kakuma,keep us hopeless,so depressed.”   Asher Woods: “One of our lgbti brother .. Has Been beaten so terribly by the cruel Kenyan police sent by UNHCR and ras while at a peaceful demonstration at UNHCR.. His right now in a terrible condition.. And we kindly ask for any help.. To help with the medication and all the necessary treatment bills. ”   Asher Woods: “This is how LGBTIQ are treated in Kakum...

Lisa Mackey  UN Human Rights Commission: Please deal with UNHCR Kenya and the Government of Kenya's failure to protect basic human rights. This Facebook post sums up events on the ground currently in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=194016135098522&id=100034704112460 I am Lisa Mackey, an American citizen and permanent resident of Iceland. I advocate for and provide psychosocial support to LGBTQI refugees in Kenya. I speak with multiple refugees every day. I was working on preparing a better email about this, but there is breaking news happening NOW in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya! UNHCR is ABSOLUTELY COMPLICIT in this genocide in the making. This article is outdated, as the death toll from this football riot had reached 15, I believe: http://news-af.op-mobile.opera.com/.../95c618ea803b0954d8... ******* The following are short quotes I have received this weekend from LGBTQI in camp: From a refugee: "In this ve...

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...

Paul is exuberant and a heart-warming companionable person. On 13th November 2019, Paul was going on about his happy life. Enjoying the evening as it cooled off taking with it the lip-splitting heat. He looked here and there, everywhere it was clean. They had just finished sweeping their yards and were waiting for dusk to get  into the darker night. Perhaps, to watch the star-lit sky holding sway over Kakuma Refugee Camp. Or to just go play catch up with all those wonderful friends of his. The friends with whom they share this home. It is their home and they contribute to the joy of what a home is supposed to represent. This home is where the leaders are not judgmental and all who take habitation here are treated fairly, respectfully, equally and unconditionally. But, little did Paul know, a person was waiting to cut him up. At this home, they have come to love and enjoy. Perhaps, Paul was going to pick up that newspaper they read in rounds until it goes dog-eared...