Fighting for LGBTQ+ Rights in Africa

Hello!

The "Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights in Africa" project has made significant strides in advocating for and advancing the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals across the African continent. Thanks to your generous support, we have been able to expand our efforts, engage with key stakeholders, and provide resources and training to marginalized communities. This report outlines the progress made, key achievements, challenges encountered, and future plans to further strengthen LGBTQ+ rights in Africa.

Over the past few months we have been focusing more on the community engagement element of our program and this is also due to a slow down in funding.

Community Empowerment

• Capacity Building for LGBTQ+ Activists: We conducted workshops and training sessions for LGBTQ+ activists, focusing on building leadership skills, legal literacy, and effective advocacy strategies. This empowered local leaders to advocate for themselves and their communities, even in environments that may be hostile.
• Psychosocial Support Services: Recognizing the mental and emotional toll of living in a hostile environment, we provided confidential counseling services and mental health support to individuals affected by discrimination, violence, or social exclusion.

C. Public Awareness and Education

• Media and Public Campaigns: Leveraging both traditional and digital media, we ran educational campaigns on LGBTQ+ rights, aiming to shift public perception and reduce stigma. These efforts have contributed to greater understanding of the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ individuals in Africa.

We have seen how our project is really essential to people across Africa and also the need for confidentiality and for this reason we have adopted a policy for no images to be taken, support groups are to hold limited information on attendees and we ensure we are using secure and safe spaces to protect our team and our community.

Thank You

Hello to all our Supporters, Donors, Friends and Family! 

We only do what we do with you beside us, we are the rock to so many communities around the world but you are our rock! 

Over the past 2 years we have seen a steady decrease in funding to many of our programs and as a charity we decided that it was time for change. Traditionally we have been putting 100% of the funding into our projects and keeping them alive so funding feeding programs, research, equipment and other essential items. 

While this is still a critical part of our work with the decrease in donations we need to step up our long term sustainability plans and therefore we have increased our professional volunteering and mentoring program that connects people in the community with qualified and experienced mentors around the world. 

Using this mentorship we have started to work with each community and build a plan that will lead to the community being setup to fight the issues they face themselves, it's a transition period that won't happen overnight however rather than putting funding just to "surviving" requirements we have now been able to use donated funds and volunteering hours to train community members, build websites and install local income generation projects that will take the pressure of fundraising. 

It is a really exciting time and we continue to look for people that are willing to donate their time as a mentor and not just focused  on people donating funds, we still need those incredible funding donation gifts but we are excited to expand our team to mentor, inspire and support community members to building their own project to change their future. 

We need and hope you will still continue to support us and if you want to get involved then we would love to hear from you! 

Thank You,

Tyrone