We appreciate your visit. Thank you.
A miserable existence. October 2023. This new and privately sponsored website is our opportunity to share publicly how horrible Kakuma Refugee Camp is for lgbtq asylum seekers.
Our group photo, taken in August 2023. We are 14 adults and seven children.(Two adults and one child were absent due to illness.)
We are in Kakuma Refugee Camp – Kakuma 2. Zone 1, Block 12, Northwest Kenya. Africa.
lgbtq-kakuma.com is protected by SiteLock Security and administered by our sponsor in the UK. Authentication of this Website
Our website purpose:
- To tell it as it really is for LGBTQ+ people here in Kakuma Refugee Camp.
- Specifically, to focus on what makes it for us a miserable existence.
- Open dialogue with LGBTQ-friendly people and countries around the world.
- Seek funding and sponsorship via our official Go-fund-me page, to help make our existence a little more comfortable.
All of us have fled from certain death. In our respective home countries, homophobia is endemic throughout every corner of society. In this camp, we hoped we would be safe, protected and cared for, until we achieved refugee status and the opportunity to re-settle in a friendly LGBTQ country.
But we are not safe, protected or cared for.
LGBTQ people are not welcome here. We are not safe to be here. There is no care and protection from abuse and violence from other camp residents.
The camp is under the so-called protection of UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees). They are very good at rhetoric, convincing the world by claiming the rights and equality of LGBTQ people are valued and respected.
Amnesty International doesn’t think so.
amnesty.org.uk/…/kenya-lgbti-refugees-risk-rape-and-violence-kakuma-refugee-camp-new-report
We are real people. Please read what we have to say
Our profiles tell you a little about who we are. Each of us has a story to tell, especially the life we had before we fled from persecution and certain death. We want to show you we are human, with warmth in our hearts, and memories of everything we loved and treasured, now lost for all time. Click here to read: Our Profiles
We identify as Lesbian and gay, under the inclusive term LGBTQ+. Except of course the children, here with their mothers and loved and protected by us all.
Read about our experiences and challenges here in Kakuma Camp. We exist rather than live because we never have enough food. Our environment is grim, toxic, and enforced. We are trapped, not permitted to work, and prohibited from leaving until (if) we are accepted as refugees, and deemed suitable for asylum in a safe third country. Read our main article: Camp Reality for LGBT
When you read these true accounts, you might understand our perception of a miserable existence. You might also sense we are facing a wretched future.
We are trapped here, and we don't know if we will ever get out. We cling to hope that one day we will have lives to lead again, with freedom and liberty in a safe third country.
Until such a day comes, caring people like you could help make our existence here a little more bearable and confortable by:
- Donating to our GoFundMe campaign. Please follow the link to read what we ask, without commitment or obligation. Here’s the link> https://gofund.me/08294994
- Talking with and interacting with us via our contact page. We’re friendly and sincere and need to know some people care.
- Subscribe to our website to receive an email when we publish a new article or update on our situation.
- Please share this website and our GoFundMe link with all your social contacts. We desperately need funds to buy food and medicines because our well-being and existence are on a knife edge.
This is about us as a group. But we're not alone.
There are many more LGBTQ+ people in this camp. Most are located in Kakuma 3, block 13. The way accommodation gets allocated means we are isolated by distance and any support they might receive from the outside world.
We really appreciate your attention. Thank you.
