By Maria Mdenda | Advocacy and Fundraising Manager
I am so happy to bring you this report. As you are all aware that defending, protecting and promoting the rights of the most vulnerable population in a community that does not recognize and accept the reality and the gift of nature that comes with differences of sex orientation and gender identity, subjects LGBT people to oppression, contempt, hate and rejection and that makes our work to be the most difficult and dangerous than usual, but thanks to your generous support we are doing very well, no turning back, thanks for backing us in this difficult struggle.
February was a very difficult month in the history of LGBT rights struggle, after experiencing another crackdown in Arusha City and Karatu town where 13 people were arrested tortured, humiliated and detained.
We continued with the training on safety and self defense in case of violence attack and this time 20 LGBT individuals benefited in Mwanza Region.
We have never had time to rest as April was another hectic month as we had to work hard to help the two LGBT individuals who were in danger and ensuring they are safe and can happily live like others, again thanks to your support and other partners Haji arrived safely in Toronto Canada on 2nd May, only legal issues remain. Zai is still in hiding but any time soon he will be relocated to a safe place to. At the moment security issues have become a priority and we are doing all we can to keep our people safe.
Thank to our new partners who are helping us start our new Sexual Reproductive Health advocacy project. The project aims to advocate for the highest standard of health including the right to access sexual reproductive health services.
I kindly appeal to you to continue supporting our endeavors till we get a permanent solution to our problems.
A comment from Haji: Thanks for all you have done to help, I was always afraid of getting arrested and locked up in police custody but here I`m away from the homophobes, I wish I could also help others. It`s my prayer that God will touch those haters and teach them that we are all equal, May Allah bless my country
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