Ugandan NGO - supporting and empowering LGBTQ Ugandans
Donation protected
24th September
After a time of some concern Muwonge Gerald, co-founder and leader of Foaster Foundation, is safe and free.
Your opportunity to become a supporter of this Ugandan NGO that provides much needed services and support for queer people in Uganda.
Please scroll down for information about the different levels of support
About Foaster Foundation for Healthcare Uganda
Foaster Foundation for Healthcare in Uganda is an NGO that provides services for people living with and affected by HIV in Uganda. The organisation provides its services and support within the confines fo the Ugandan Anti Homosexuality Act 2023 and the 2024 government takeover of NGO registration.
The constitution supports services being provided to all people. It has been challenging and costly to ensure that the NGO is working within the legal boundaries whilst still providing support and shelter for groups most affected by HIV, including LGBT+ people.
LGBT+ people in Uganda face legal and cultural challenges not faced by other groups. This can lead to witholding identity and thereby not being provided with appropriate services.
In an amazing achievement Foaster Foundation community heath clinic has been given the go ahead by the Ugandan Government. This would ensure a clinic providing supportive services free from discrimination.
What Foaster Foundation offers to donors.
Less the £50 Thank you, recognition
you will be offered opportunity to recieve regular updates
£50 Donor level membership
you will be given chance to be included in online group introduction to the projects and to get regular online updates
£100 Ally level membership
you will be offered option to be included in an online group introduction and virtual group tour of the projects plus regular online updates
£150 Personal membership
you will be offered a personal virtual tour and the option of being included in online group introduction to the projects plus regular online updates.
£200 Supporter membership
you will be offered a personal tour and personal introduction to the projects including 1-1 chat with the leader of Foaster Foundation plus option to get regular online updates.
£250 Friend of Foaster Foundation
you will be offered a personal tour, personal introduction to the projects including 1-1 chat with the leader of Foaster Foundation, and the chance to have a personal online meeting with a selection of Foaster Foundation shelter members plus option to get regular online updates.
where this fundraiser comes in
by supporting Foaster Foundation you can support the shelter and enable the clinic to get their services underway.
£2,500 ensures that
- the shelter continues providing much needed services including utilities, food and water, and
- equipment can be purchesed for the clinic which is essential in obtaining the permit for the clinic working on a regular basis.
About the Foaster Foundation for Health Care Uganda (FFHCUG)
Foaster Foundation for Health Care Uganda (FFHCUG) is an LGBTQ+ led NGO that
- organises programs on HIV education and prevention
- has a shelter space for members most impacted by HIV
- runs economic empowerment programs that include urban gardening and handcraft.
FOASTER FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHCARE UGANDA MAIN OBJECTIVES
1. Advocate for provision of quality friendly Sexual Reproductive Health Services, incuding
a. improved community satisfaction;
b. better provider performance; and
c. advocate for fair policies and laws that affect the daily life of those living with and affected by HIV.
2. Socially and economically support and empower people living with, and at risk of getting HIV, with an aim of helping to end the HIV epidemic.
3. Mobilse and advocate for young people living with HIV/AIDs
4. Improve the physical, spiritual and psychological well-being of youths living with HIV/AIDs and
5. Influence meaningful participation of youth living with HIV and AIDs in all key decision making platforms; local, national and international level for better presentation of issues
that affect them.
Foaster Foundation for Healthcare Uganda - out-takes from a, so-far, 5 year story
The Foaster Foundation for Healthcare Uganda (FFHCUg) was started in 2019. Over the past 5 years FFHCUg has supported many LGBTQ+ people who have found themselves shunned by family, adrift from education, work and shelter. The aim of FFHCUg has been to provide shelter, create income streams and work for Ugandan LGBTQ+ people, and other people at high risk of HIV and AIDS.
Since 2023 the socio-political context within which FFHCUg works has been particularly difficult. Under the 2023 Anti Homosexuality Act is is, amongst other restrictions, illegal to promote homosexuality. This act also has the death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality'. This has led to some signficiant challenges such as intense scrutiny, alleagtions of promoting homosexuality and some leaders experiencing some time in police custody. In April 2024 the Ugandan constituional court did not over-terun the Anti Homosexuality Act but did find that is is in violation of the country's constitution.
You can watch this video for more information about the Foaster Foundation
Foaster Foundation has continued to work. Two key areas of work have been riaising poultry which provides incomce to support the shelter programme, and development of a clinic from which they can provide healthcare for all the community including LGBTQ+ people.
Regualr incomes for Foaster Foundation comes from nurturing poultry this could grow and support all the activities of the foundation.
- £1 will buy a hen, there is currently capacity for 700 which is double the current number. So every £1 counts
Ugandan Context - more information
Uganda has passed some of the most strict anti-gay laws and has been actively trying to shut down NGOs that serve the queer community.
To give a short context from Human Rights Watch (https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/05/30/ugandas-president-signs-repressive-anti-lgbt-law):
Human Rights Watch research found that people faced a notable increase in arbitrary arrests, police abuse, extortion, loss of employment, discriminatory evictions by landlords, and reduced access to health services because of their perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 criminalizes same-sex conduct, including potentially the death penalty for those convicted of "aggravated homosexuality." It violates multiple fundamental rights guaranteed under Uganda’s constitution and breaks Ugandan commitments to international human rights.
Anyone advocating for the rights of LGBT people, including representatives of human rights organizations or those providing financial support to organizations that do so, could face up to 20 years’ imprisonment for the “promotion of homosexuality.”
Further Information about the fundraising hosts
Queer Solidarity Action is a queer collective that seeks to highlight difficulties encountered by queer people worldwide. Queer Solidarity Action does this by identifying key issues, creating partnerships and working in solidarity with queer organisations. Queer Solidarity Action establishes partnerships particularly in areas where being queer leads to people being a. marginalised and / or b. put at significant risk
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