Most At Risk Populations' Society in Uganda (MARPS in Uganda)

COVID-19 and How It Impacts My Life: Uganda Queer Short Stories - Desert Island Series Yahaya The Desert Island Series are about COVID-19 and daily activities of life among the LGBTIQQ of Uganda. These are radical compositions countering deficit narratives used to justify othering, marginalization, externalisation and peripheralisation. This is an art of crafting, claiming and consolidating space for Queer persons to talk about, demand and recognise how they can promote self-determination and quality life. In the stories we celebrate innovations, executions and translations that culminate into lived realities and destinies. Moderator and Interviewer: Tom Muyunga-Mukasa Featuring: Any person willing to tell a story Synopsis Meet Yahaya who is an Oil exploration engineering graduate from Michigan  University, Tunisia and  China. Yahaya, has various skills such as u sing sonic equipment,  determining the  drilling  sites most likely to p...

COVID-19 and How It Impacts My Life: Uganda Queer Short Stories - Desert Island Series Andrew: The Desert Island Series are about COVID-19 and daily activities of life among the LGBTIQQ of Uganda. These are radical compositions countering deficit narratives used to justify othering, marginalization, externalisation and peripheralisation. This is an art of crafting, claiming and consolidating space for Queer persons to talk about, demand and recognise how they can promote self-determination and quality life. In the stories we celebrate innovations, executions and translations that culminate into lived realities and destinies. Moderator and Interviewer: Tom Muyunga-Mukasa Featuring: Any person willing to tell a story Synopsis: Meet Andrew, an adult Bisexual male Ugandan. The father is a lecturer at Kyambogo University and a director at a Management Institute. The mother is a leader of a Mothers’ Union. Andrew goes by the name Dre and uses the following pro...

Tips on what one would do in case a landlady or landlord threatened to evict you: 1. As a tenant you must be given time to move. Usually it is one month or two. 2. Get audios or pictures of you as you are being told to move (notice). The audios or pictures are good evidence. 3. Go to LC Chairperson of your area and obtain a moving letter. Also while there log in a case. 3. Go to the police and log in a case too. Forced eviction is abusive. 4. Get pictures of your house as well as your property showing that you are moving. 5. Write emails to the so called "security team" am sure it is SMUG, IBU plus some other people who decide on behalf of LGBTIQQ in Uganda. 6. Print and keep all the emails. 7. Follow up SMUG, IBU and other persons by visiting with a witness. Take pictures while you are at the offices. A short video with voices helps. Or while in the offices record all audios. 7. Insist on being helped which may be in form of a letter or assurance that you will be ...

COVID-19 and How It Impacts My Life: Uganda Queer Short Stories - Desert Island Series Nikita The Desert Island Series are about COVID-19 and daily activities of life among the LGBTIQQ of Uganda. These are radical compositions countering deficit narratives used to justify othering, marginalization, externalisation and peripheralisation. This is an art of crafting, claiming and consolidating space for Queer persons to talk about, demand and recognise how they can promote self-determination and quality life. In the stories we celebrate innovations, executions and translations that culminate into lived realities and destinies. Moderator and Interviewer: Tom Muyunga-Mukasa Featuring: Any person willing to tell a story Synopsis Meet Nicholas, an adult male to female transgender (MTF) Ugandan-Kenyan. The father is Kamba (Eastern Kenya) and the mother is from Gisu (Eastern Uganda). Nicholas goes by the name Nikita and uses the following pronouns: she, her, it, they,...

COVID-19, Public Health, Wellness and Quality Life Series   COVID-19 and Daily Activities of Life RESTRICTIONS: Now that we are living under restrictions which in turn curtail our mobility, we need to do a self-assessment. Your position and station in life matters and sets the stage for the health promoting (or retrograding) practices/behaviours. These in turn either expose or protect one against COVID-19. HOUSEHOLD: A home is the basic structure from which many are provided subsistence. Other places are prisons, army barracks, ships and camps. In other words all these places bring humans in contact with each other. Unavoidable contact! The best thing is to maintain a higher standard of hygiene habits. Wash your hands as soon as you wake up with soap, wash your body and clean up your bedding. This is the simplest yet most important start of the day activity. COUGH: If you blow your nose or cough cover the mouth and nose. Adopt the habit of moving around with pocke...