“I wake up every morning at 4 AM, I silently wake my friends up as well. I always do it silently because I am always so scared that one or more of them will not wake up alive. After days of starvation, suffering from diseases with infected wounds, and eating poison, you never know who will survive the night. The night is the scariest part of our days. We sleep in fear that we will not be able to wake up. I normally sleep last, I fear the night a lot.” Jonathan escaped death from Masaka after his cousin revealed his homosexuality to his parents. He was then locked in his house and assaulted with the intention of murder. After lots of hits he was tied in a sack and dragged into Lake Victoria to drown. Luckily, he was rescued by early morning fishermen. They took him in, and immediately he started to recover. The fishermen tried to contact his family and give Jonathan back. In fear, he ran to the streets before they could do so. Jonathan understood if the fisherman found out he was gay, it would be his last day. Jonathan is still alive because a team member has provided him with a place in a group home. Unfortunately, there are many like Jonathan without space in a group home due to financial limitations.
Pan Reformica - (Jinja, Uganda)