cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/8106260
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/8106083
Hey comrades :)<3!!!, I hope this message finds you well. I’ve really missed sharing updates here with this kind community and firstly I just want to say thank you. We are so deeply grateful to everyone who has stood with us through everything these past years. Your love and solidarity have truly carried us through some of the hardest moments of our lives.
Today I finally have some good news to share. After 6 long years under UNHCR protection and moving through different refugee camps, three of my trans sisters Charity, Pretty and Model have finally reached the last stage of their asylum process.
We spent years in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya and later in Gorom Refugee Camp here in South Sudan. Those years were some of the hardest of our lives. We lived through violence, police brutality, discrimination and so much insecurity that sometimes it honestly felt impossible to imagine a future beyond just surviving each day.
Now they are waiting for their flight to Canada on the 18th of next month.
I still can’t quite believe I’m even writing these words. After everything we have been through…it feels unreal that they are finally this close to safety and a fresh start.
I’m so happy for them and at the same time the pressure of the deadlines has been weighing heavily on all of us.
Right now we are trying to raise $ 689 total to cover the required medical vaccinations for all three of them before the flight. Each of them needs to receive these vaccines and be given a vaccine card that must be included in their travel documents.
Any extra support beyond that will go toward simple things they need for the journey and for starting a new life clean clothes, shoes, jackets, and a small bag to carry their belongings.
Even a small contribution of $5 or $10 helps bring them closer to this new beginning.
I’m coming back to this community because I know many of you care deeply about refugees and queer people who are still trying to find safety after years of danger and displacement.
Any support, share, or boost truly means so much to us Support link is in my profile.if you are able
still can’t believe they’re finally this close to safety after everything