The LGBT Humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) has provided more funding for Humanist Empowerment of Livelihoods in Uganda – HELU.
HELU is a Humanist community based group established in 2012 “to promote Humanism, a life stance with human beings playing a central role in their own lives without depending on religion, culture and tradition but rather having compassion and upholding human rights”. It is a member of the International Humanist & Ethical Union.
HELU’s programme has several activities that include: training in human rights and Humanism, teaching skilled crafts, hair styling, tailoring, baking and confectionery and farming, especially animal husbandry that the beneficiaries use to create incomes to support their families, and a free nursery school promoting reason and science.
Agnes Ojera, HELU’s programme manager, writes on its website: “It takes and requires a lot of resilience and courage to be a humanist in Uganda. Worst are the extreme religious and traditional practices accompanied by unfavourable Government policies. Determined as we are, nothing brings down our courage of preaching a life stance based on reason and facts rather than unrealistic, fictitious ideologies and indoctrination. EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL.”
The PTT’s first donation was made in 2015 to build a classroom for its nursery school and provide equipment for it. Now it has funded the purchase of a variety of items for the school including a computer laptop, a laser jet printer, play swings, goal posts. soccer balls, an open air feeding shelter for the children, office stationery and a power invertor for use with the solar energy the group uses.
In all the PTT has donated £3600 to HELU. Other recipients include LGBT History Month, the Uganda Humanist Schools Trust (UK), the Nigerian Humanist Movement, Galop (London’s leading anti-LGBT hate crime charity) and Rainbows Across Borders (a supportive and caring group for LGBT people who are seeking refuge from oppressive and brutal regimes).
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