Twilight Support Initiative Kasese

A community-based organization committed to advancing health, gender equality, and social justice in western Uganda 🇺🇬

[Twilight Support Initiative Kasese @TwilightKasese]

To structurally silenced communities in the Rwenzori Sub region: Health is your right, not a privilege.
Malaria, HIV & TB prevention information and services MUST reach you. No stigma. NO EXCLUSION. Just care, close to home.
Supported by @UgandaTrans & Gender Equality fund.

[Ubuntu Law and Justice Centre @ubuntujustice]

Our community champion, Maureen from Twilight Support Initiative shares some of the SRHR needs for vulnerable communities in Kasese.

[Kusemererwa Charity @_charitykus]

Blood relation is not a free pass for toxicity.
Sometimes protecting your peace means creating distance, setting boundaries, or walking away.

Family should not cost you your mental health.

#mentalhealth #boundaries #healing #selfworth #familytrauma #mentalhealthuganda #mental

[Twilight Support Initiative Kasese @TwilightKasese]

For rural marginalized youth, mental health is shaped by rejection and fear. @TwilightKasese, we create safe spaces to be seen, heard, and supported. You deserve safety, You deserve dignity, and you deserve to thrive.
#TwilightWellnesshub
#SafeSpaces #MentalHealthAwareness

[Twilight Support Initiative Kasese @TwilightKasese]

Community in action "Rwenzori Mupora learning & healing festival" focused on building solidarity, remembering lives, and fostering empowerment through peer-led dialogue and roundtable discussions across the Rwenzori Sub region.
#RwenzoriMupora #EmpowermentThroughDialogue"

[Twilight Support Initiative Kasese @TwilightKasese]

Mental health is not a weakness. Depression is not laziness. Anxiety is not “overthinking.”These are real experiences, and they deserve care, not judgment. Let’s break the stigma in our homes, schools, and communities.
#EndStigma
#MentalHealthMatters

[Twilight Support Initiative Kasese @TwilightKasese]

May is Mental Health Awareness Month💚. We are choosing to SPEAK, LISTEN, and SUPPORT. You are not alone. Your feelings are valid. Your life matters.
#MentalHealthAwareness
#TwilightSuport
# YouAreNotAlone

[Ubuntu Law and Justice Centre @ubuntujustice]

Civil society speaks out: Community Advocates Solidarity for Civic Action / CASCA members, joined by @ubuntujustice, held a press conference in Mbarara City yesterday, declaring the Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, a threat that must be opposed and stopped before it becomes law.

[Twilight Support Initiative Kasese @TwilightKasese]

Centering community priorities in the fight against malaria,TB, and HIV.Highlights on local wants and needs will guide our response moving forward. This project is made possible through the generous support of @UgandaTrans and Gender Equality Fund.

[Twilight Support Initiative Kasese @TwilightKasese]

Rwenzori mountains are strong, and so are you – let's keep standing tall, proud, and unapologetic in our identities #TransDayOfVisibility #Uganda

[Twilight Support Initiative Kasese @TwilightKasese]

Need help? Call our toll-free line 0800-779-779. Safety is a right, not a privilege .
#SafetyForAll #SupportWomxn

[Twilight Support Initiative Kasese @TwilightKasese]

🌹 This Womn's History Month, let's redefine healthcare. Dignity, respect, and safety matter!

[Trans Youth Initiative Uganda (TYI-Uganda) @UgandaTrans]

The State of Trans SRHR in Uganda 2026 Conference Day 1 | Community Building Day — “Knowing Ourselves.”

Before we faced the stakeholders, we faced each other.

On March 4, trans and gender-diverse people from Central, Western, Eastern, and Northern Uganda gathered in a closed, safe space for the first time to map our health realities across HIV, TB, malaria, and SRHR.

We mapped what happens when a trans person walks into a health facility in every region of this country. We explored the barriers disease by disease, region by region. We shared models that are already effective in our communities. And in the Storytelling Circle, some of us shared experiences we had never spoken aloud in a public space before.

By the end of the day, we had reached a consensus. We agreed on our priority asks to the Ministry of Health, what we are prepared to contribute, and selected community presenters to carry our evidence into the stakeholder room the next morning.

Day 1 was the foundation.

“This conference was the first time in Uganda that trans and gender-diverse people from every region sat in one room, documented our health realities, and presented that evidence directly to the people who run the programmes that are supposed to serve us. That has never happened before. We have never had a national platform to say: this is what HIV access looks like for us, this is what TB looks like, this is what malaria looks like, this is what SRHR looks like. Now we do. And it was built entirely by the community — our evidence, our voices, our asks.”

— Nana Millers, Executive Director, TYI-Uganda

This work is implemented under the Gender Equality Fund, an initiative established by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in partnership with GSK and ViiV Healthcare to support gender-transformative and community-led health responses.

#TransHealthUganda #TransSRHR #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #TransRightsAreHealthRights #95-95-95 #GlobalFund #CommunityLed #TYIUganda

[Trans Youth Initiative Uganda (TYI-Uganda) @UgandaTrans]

Last week, we made history. TYI-Uganda, in collaboration with @transforumug and @UKPC_UG hosted THE STATE OF TRANS SRHR IN UGANDA 2026, the first national conference in Uganda to address trans health across HIV, TB, malaria, and SRHR. 4–5 March | Kampala
Trans and gender-diverse people from all four regions of Uganda came together to document health barriers, share what’s working, and build consensus on what we need from the health system. Our evidence. Our voices. Our asks.

On Day 2, we presented our findings directly to UNAIDS, Ministry of Health program leads, TASO Uganda, HRAPF, and development partners.

For the first time, trans and gender-diverse communities sat at the table with the program leaders and spoke with one voice.

What we produced:

• The first community-generated evidence base on trans health in Uganda
• Regional findings from Central, Western, Eastern, and Northern Uganda
• Priority recommendations to MoH across HIV, TB, malaria, and SRHR
• A Community Position Paper (coming soon)

There is no disaggregated data on trans health in Uganda. Not in HIV, not in TB, and not in malaria.That changes now.

Thank you to our partners: @UKPC_UG @hrapf_uganda, Ark Wellness Hub, Ice Breakers Uganda, Alive Medical Services,UHAI-EASHRI, LINK Partners, and every trans and gender-diverse institution that showed up.

And to every trans and gender-diverse person who shared their story, you are the reason this exists. This is not the end; it is the beginning. Follow-up is in progress. The Community Position Paper will be released within four weeks. Accountability reviews will occur at 1, 3, and 6 months.

This work is implemented under the Gender Equality Fund, an initiative established by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in partnership with GSK and ViiVHealthcare to support gender-transformative and community-led health responses.

Nothing about us, without us.

#TransHealthUganda #TransSRHR #95-95-95 #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #GlobalFund #TransRightsAreHealthRights

[HER Internet @HerInternet]

We are deeply saddened by the passing of @JoanAmek the beloved Executive Director of @RellaWFug

Her feminist leadership, courage and commitment to womxn’s rights will not be forgotten. We stand in solidarity with her loved ones and the entire Rella Womxn’s Foundation community.

[Twilight Support Initiative Kasese @TwilightKasese]

As we close our office today for the festive season, we want to sincerely thank our partners, allies, & community for standing with us throughout de
For urgent support, contact 0800799799.
Wishing you a peaceful and restorative festive season.

[Uganda Minority Shelters Consortium UMSC @MinorityShelter]

Today, our coordinator John Grace joins a powerful panel hosted by @ubuntujustice Ubuntu Law & Justice Centre to unpack how criminalisation and structural exclusion impact women and marginalised communities in Uganda. Tune in from 2–5 PM via Zoom: https://t.co/WumEwyt1xA

[Twilight Support Initiative Kasese @TwilightKasese]

On this #HumanRightsDay, we affirm that rural womxn in Rwenzori Sub region deserve safe, inclusive digital spaces. Their voices matter, and their rights to freedom of expression ,access to information, and online safety must be protected both online and offline.

[Twilight Support Initiative Kasese @TwilightKasese]

Ending online abuse against women and girls takes all of us. Report harmful accounts, support survivors, and help build digital watch communities that look out for one another.
#EndOnlineViolence
#16Days

[Twilight Support Initiative Kasese @TwilightKasese]

Online abuse affects real lives and real mental health. Many survivors carry stress, fear, and burnout long after the messages stop. You’re not alone.
Reach out for support at Twilight Wellness Youth Centre or call 0800 799 799.
16days
#EndDigitalAbuse