Toilets, showers, and personal dignity
We’re embarrassed to share this. We’re embarrassed to share this with you, about the minus-five-starred facilities forced upon us. These are things we would rather not talk about. We’re just like most of society in any corner of the world; we like privacy in the bathroom and to be clean and dignified. Before we came […]
Markets in Camp
In the camp, we have many markets. Market madness was once a joke term for many of us. Who doesn’t like a market? But for us, those days are gone and with no money to spend, we only go to use our Bamba Chakula card. (Learn more about them in our article Food Rations, Diet, […]
John
My name is Solomon John Lukwago. I am 29, gay and from Luwero in central Uganda. Here is my story, up to the time I fled from everything I loved and knew. In my life, I didn’t have further education because my parents had no funds to support my education. I had a friend, Bob, […]
Arriving at Kakuma Refugee Camp
The Road Trip Checking in Arrival Procedure. We’re questioned when we arrive.After completing reception requirements, allocated to a community within the camp i, marked as such on a manifest identity paper. We were each allocated to an LGBTQ block. The National Council of Churches in Kenya (NCCK)** provides shelter materials to refugees. Shelters are all […]
