Support our LGBTQIA+ friends living in
Block 13, Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya
Your support can make a difference. Knowing we are not alone, that there are people listening and people who care means so much. Together, we stand for asylum being granted for us in a safer country.
Our
Mission
We are a community dedicated to freeing the LGBTQIA+ members of Kakuma Refugee Camp, who live in extremely difficult circumstances, under constant threat of violence. There are members of the community who have already died from hate crimes and violence.
LIFE IN BLOCK 13
Lucretia walks us through and describes the conditions on the ground in Block 13, describing recent attacks, showing some of the shelters recently destroyed and telling us how the LGBT community in Kakuma's Block 13 sleep outside at night for fear of being trapped inside during an attack.
Lucretia / Kakuma, Kenya
The Latest News from Kakuma
Our Focus
We are here to listen and empower each other as a global LGBTIQA+ community. Our mutual friendship allows us to grow and take action on what matters most.
Food & Water
When facing discrimination, food and water are an issue. Other refugees see LGBTIQA+ people as subhuman and force them to receive water last. The community are left with dirty water causing outbreaks of malaria and typhoid.
Medicine
Desperately short of badly needed medicines and basic medical supplies, we're raising money to ensure these basic needs are met providing care for wounds and sickness.
Freedom
It seems like a long journey to go from fleeing your home country due to persecution and threat based on your sexuality and/or gender expression to reach a place of safety. Block 13 had become a holding place where this LGBTIQA+ community often experience more threat and violence than the country they fled. We stand for asylum to be granted this community in a safer country.
Contact Info
freeblock13zone2@gmail.com
queersofjoy@gmail.com