Freedom and Roam Uganda
Freedom and Roam Uganda (FARUG) is a Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer (LBQ) diverse persons and womxn’s rights organisation based in Uganda and established in 2003.
About us
Issues we focus on
Access to Justice, Advocacy, Community Empowerment, Digital Rights, Health Services Delivery, Legal Services, Psychosocial Support
Services offered
Access to contraception, Access to Justice, Advocacy, Community Empowerment, Counselling, Digital Rights, Digital Security, Drop-in Centre, Health service delivery, HIV Testing & Treatment, legal services, Psychosocial support, Referrals for Counselling & Mental Health, Screening & Treatment of STIs
Key Figures
Resource Personnel
| Personnel | Number of people |
| Paralegals | 4 |
| Peer Educators | 20 |
| Village Health Teams |
Recorded Human Rights Violations
| Violation | Number of occurences |
|---|---|
| Arrest for violating COVID-19 movement restrictions | 2 |
| Blackmail | 5 |
| Discrimination due to SOGIE | 20 |
| Employment termination | 10 |
| Eviction due to failure to pay rent | 12 |
| Gender-based/intimate partner violence while staying with a partner | 50 |
| Public Outing | 15 |
| Unable to access legal services | 20 |
| Unable to adhere to ART due to lack of nutritional support | 33 |
Stories from Freedom and Roam Uganda
First ever Uganda Lesbian feminist forum-2019
Hosting the first ever Uganda Lesbian feminist forum-2019 (https://www.womankind.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Journey-from-the-Margins-Feminist-Movement-Strengthening-in-Uganda.pdf) https://www.womankind.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Journey-from-the-Margins-Feminist-Movement-Strengthening-in-Uganda.pdf
500 diverse Youth served and marginalized to Health Care Services
500 diverse Youth served with our Hope For Life Mobile Application, directly linking the...
First drop in center in western Uganda
Trans Youth Initiative-Uganda has managed to establish the first drop in center in western...
First rural KP led DICE
Wet set up the first rural KP led DICE in the Greater Masaka and...
First World AIDS Day 2015
ERWEO conducted the first World AIDS Day in 2015 that brought together more than...
LIFE AS A RURAL TRANSGENDER MAN WITH HIV
Chelsea (not real name), 23 of age, is a transgender man living with HIV/AIDS...