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Kakuma camp entrance signboard.

Escaping from Kakuma refugee camp

Enough, really was enough! Our escape from Kakuma refugee camp happened a while back (early in 2024). This may help explain our change of location. We regret not taking photos, but in reality, it was too risky. Until then, Kakuma refugee camp had been our ‘home’ since we individually fled our homeland five years ago and counting. A ‘home’ that was toxic, dirty, degrading and dangerously homo/trans phobic. Appreciating that arriving there likely saved us from the horrors we ran from, it was close to jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. From

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Distributing food in camp

More photos below. In September 2025, our UK friend Chris made a substantial donation, separate from our fundraising campaign. His intention was for us to organise the construction of a multi-faith church. Whilst it wouldn’t look like a traditional church, the idea had merit. But subsequently, the camp manager was unable to secure a suitable piece of land. Chris decided the next best thing would be for us to use the funds to buy food and essentials for other camp residents. Duly, we set about this task with enthusiasm. First, we debated who in the

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Our new farming project

A seedling of an idea. Our farming project—maybe it was born of hunger, desperation, or nothing more than a lightbulb moment. But in March 2025, out of the blue, we had an idea to grow our own vegetables. It wasn’t a new idea. People with entrepreneurial skills in refugee camps have been doing it for years, turning hard work into a money-making business. Our initial goal was to plant some seeds, hope they would germinate, and then wait to pick the crops. It sounded easy until we realised we needed ground to grow on, dig

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Notes about our new website

Our first website, lgbtq-kakuma.com, went live on November 4, 2023. In early 2024, to improve our chances of resettlement, we moved as a group from the United Nations Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya to another UN camp in South Sudan. To reflect this change and update our current situation, our website has a new design and domain name. The new website went online on 30 October 2025. You can read our ongoing story and learn about our efforts to overcome the challenges of camp life. Our news updates section provides information about recent events in

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