The Anti-TB Campaign Kenya June 2021-May 2022 Is About Involving All The CBOs In Our Network In Grassroots Based Advocacy To Eradicate TB

We work with several CBOs which we nurtured and now we work together to create a critical number of organizations involved in Anti-TB Campaigns in Kenya.

We are influencers and Champions.

We use different methods and platforms to mobilize a bigger following.

This is how we pass on information, education and communication (IEC) that informs healthy living decisions.

This will be the core of our work and we hope to stand up and be counted as we race toward 2030. 

IDAHOBiT Means We Work As A Team And Not As Adversaries

The theme of this year's International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Bi-phobia is:

 "Together: Resisting, Supporting, Healing!"

It reflects the struggles against abuse, against self hate as well as a desire to lead a productive life.

COVID-19 is ravaging communities, loved ones are passing, hospitals have filled up to overcapacity, but within the communities lies hope too.

Recall that this initiative came about in 2004. The aim was to bring attention to the violence the LGBTIQQ Community faces.

The 17th of May was chosen to also commemorate another important milestone. That is the day in 1990 that the World Health Organization (WHO) declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder.

It is about hope, it is about reflecting on practices that may cause hurtful events, it is about the desire to lead productive lives, it is about a realization that humans can achieve their full potential when provided opportunities to thrive and survive.

Join us as we bring about the realization of a more peaceful world.

Celebrating The Nature Network Group Resource Center

Today we want to share with you about The Nature Network Group (TNNG), out of which The Nature Network Group Resource Center (TNNGRC) and The Nature Network Group Shelters (TNNGS) came into existence.

TNNG was the idea that took root and it was initiated to provide a safe space for Transgender Persons. 

TNNG is about promoting the dignity of a refugee irrespective of status, background, faith, education and orientation.

This is why the original idea which was reformulated to include other refugees whether Straight or not. The Straight persons who have benefitted from the services are known as allies.

Besides serving Transgender Persons, we serve LBGIQQ Persons who have come to Kenya as refugees finding their footing.

A beneficiary must have documents qualifying them to stay in Kenya.

We provide temporary housing until the beneficiary refugees finds their own place.

We prefer to stay with beneficiaries on a very short term basis. The major reason is that when we have beneficiaries on a short term basis, it gives us time to engage in other planned activities. Also, it is a deterrent against habits or practices that may jeopardize the goals and mission of TNNG.

Our beneficiaries are aware that they have to find their own housing after staying with us for a short term.

Those who stay within our shelters are provided training in income generating activities to earn money. They use this money to contribute between 5-10% which goes to utilities, rent, waste removal, sundries and food.

The Resource Center is used as a training venue too. Planned training sessions are held at the venue and many beneficiaries have participated in the events.

Our place has been used as an incubator and fiscal agent for many other CBOs which have turned out to become self-sustaining now.

TNNG has redefined ways in which refugees who go through our hands experience agency, self determination, autonomy and productivity. This is what has made us relevant and a landmark for refugee dignity in Kenya and Africa at large.