Kampala Key, Vulnerable and Priority Populations (KVP) News

Michael Schwarzkopf exclaimed, “so sad as the hate continues!” This was when he laid eyes on pictures of three LGBTIQQ Refugees in Kakuma Camp Another called Mechanic exclaimed “saddening.” Indeed the situation in Kakuma is saddening to say the least. We continue to call upon the UNHCR to provide protection to LGBTIQQ Refugees please. For those with time please follow for developments at Kakuma Camp:  When they get well, they will be returned to the camp: the same premises that meted hostilities and viciousness against the three. We are trying to campaign for a language that enshrines mutual respect and the practice of de-escalation. We are all angry and bitter with UNHCR, but we are also strategic. We want a UNHCR that cares and we can contribute to peaceful co-existence. We ask the development partners to engage the security team so that they are able to embrace dignified treatment and unconditional positive regard |(UPR) for all they guard. We are committe...

Ensuring that people and communities have the power to choose, to know, to thrive and to demand is the key to ending AIDS Game-changing approaches, such as medicine to prevent HIV (PrEP), integration of contraceptive services with HIV testing, viral load suppression (U = U), harm reduction, and comprehensive sexuality education, give people the power to protect themselves from HIV and, for people living with HIV, the power to thrive NAIROBI/GENEVA, 26 November 2019— A new report by UNAIDS,  Power to the people , released ahead of  World AIDS Day , shows that where people and communities living with and affected by HIV are engaged in decision-making and HIV service delivery, new infections decline and more people living with HIV gain access to treatment. When people have the power to choose, to know, to thrive, to demand and to work together, lives are saved, injustices are prevented and dignity is restored. “When people and communities have power and agency, ...

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...

When you think about it, that child needs all the support, all the support we can muster, When you act on it, that child will be supported, supported in sustaining a thriving life, This is what UNHCR is asking you to do, support by giving time, money and the requisite resources, Look them up, ask them, there is always a way to help.