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<\/div>Real Raymond<\/h2>Executive Director at Mbarara Rise Foundation<\/h5>Who He Is:<\/h2>Real Raymond is a rural Ugandan LGBTQ activist who fights to create safe spaces for the community. He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration from MUST and has worked as a marketing manager at Rio insurance company limited for three years. Later, he worked at The Aids Support Organisation (TASO) for three years as a key population contact person. At TASO, he conducted a baseline study in the rural LGBTQ community and found out that they faced a lot of challenges. Many of them were not members of any organization which means they lacked information and other resources. This led to the birth of Mbarara Rise Foundation, a registered nonprofit organization operating in rural grassroots areas of Uganda where he works as the executive director.<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nQ: What inspired you to start Mbarara Rise Foundation<\/a>?<\/h4>\nA:<\/strong> People who identify as LGBTQ in Uganda face high levels of discrimination and inequality. When I carried out a baseline survey prior to founding Mbarara Rise Foundation, I learned that more than 95% of people identifying as LGBTQ were unemployed and very much economically disenfranchised. The need for food and paying rent and bills overshadowed the concern for safer sex. This made people more desperate for money despite dangers of exposure. In response to above findings, I was inspired to start MRF as a way of bring hope and social change.<\/p>\nQ: Tell us about some of the challenges that people who identify as LGBTQ+ face in Uganda.<\/h4>\n
A:<\/strong> The Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014<\/a> (previously called the “Kill the Gays Bill”) was passed by the parliament of Uganda in December 2013 and signed into law by the president of Uganda in February 2014.<\/p>\nBefore the Act, LGBTQ people could be sentenced to life in prison, but the Act declared homosexuality punishable by death. Even though the Constitutional Court of Uganda ruled the Act invalid<\/a> on procedural grounds in August 2014, many people still think the law is valid and use it to discriminate against the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\nIn a course of six months, we have documented more 89 cases of which 63 are based on human rights violations, arrests, attacks and rape of transgender people, high levels of Unemployment, and denial of HIV health care services which has increased new HIV infections.<\/p>\n
Q: What excites you most about your work?<\/h4>\n
A:<\/strong> I love working in a position that has a deep impact upon the LGBTQ community, as well as in the life of an individual. The most exciting part of my work is the challenge of the hunt; I spend all day talking to people to help them find the roles and environments where they can thrive and do the best work.<\/p>\nMy main motivation comes from providing excellent service to every LGBTQ person with whom I come into contact. I look for opportunities to improve my community and equip them with skills so that each person I interact with will have a positive experience.<\/p>\n
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Q: Your approach to social change through baking is so interesting! Why did you choose to focus your efforts on training future bakers?<\/h4>\n
A:<\/strong> Before the cake baking kicked on, I carried out a design thinking challenge where I focused on implementing a project that will make a big impact, educate people, reduce high levels of unemployment among the LGBTQ community, be sustainable, contribute to the economic development of the country, and at the same time build acceptance leading to social change.<\/p>\nI choose cake baking because it offers a variety of areas in which to specialize. Bakers are responsible for making breads, bagels, pretzels, cakes, muffins, cookies, and pastries, as well as chocolate and candy, sugar sculptures, and icing. They can prepare many different baked goods or specialize in just one depending on their experience and training. I saw this as an opportunity. When trained with baking skills, they will be able to work in different places like small retail bakeries, their own bakeries, restaurants, supermarkets, catering services, wholesale bakeries, and more. They can also train others with the same skills. Equipping someone with lifetime skills means there is sustainability hence contributing to economic development.<\/p>\n
Q: So many donors in the GlobalGiving community care about ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. What is one thing you want donors to know about the impact they can have on this issue in Uganda and around the world?<\/h4>\n
A:<\/strong> Their great support and effort is valued and can bring social change, inclusion, and respect for the diverse culture of our community. Their support also builds acceptance and tolerance. Ultimately, economic development and social inclusion work toward the Sustainable Development Goals which will enhance the lives and well-being of LGBTQ persons in Uganda.<\/p>\nJune is Pride Month, when gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer people around the world celebrate who they are. In honor of Pride Month, support Mbarara Rise Foundation’s work in Uganda.<\/em><\/p>\nDONATE<\/a><\/p>\nFeatured Photo: Cake Baking for LGBTQ Empowerment in Uganda<\/span> by Mbarara Rise Foundation<\/a><\/small>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In one of the most dangerous places in the world for people identifying as LGBTQ, a group of young people fight for the rights\u2014by learning how to bake cakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":10985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[79],"coauthors":[1014],"class_list":["post-10982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-viewpoints","tag-causes"],"acf":[],"cp_meta_data":{"_edit_lock":["1682708481:206"],"_edit_last":["35"],"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw_text_input":["LGBTQ cake"],"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":["LGBTQ cake"],"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":["65"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["30"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["78"],"_thumbnail_id":["10985"],"_yoast_wpseo_title":["This Bakery in Uganda Advances LGBTQ Inclusion"],"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":["In honor of Pride Month, an LGBTQ leader in Uganda tells us about his unique theory of social change: economic development through cake baking."],"intro":["In honor of Pride Month, an LGBTQ leader in Uganda\u2014one of the most dangerous places in the world for people identifying as LGBTQ\u2014tells us about his unique theory of social change: economic development through cake baking.\r\n"],"_intro":["field_581c8d225094f"],"audience":["a:1:{i:0;s:5:\"Donor\";}"],"_audience":["field_59cbfbe631a0c"],"nonprofits_featured_post":["no"],"_nonprofits_featured_post":["field_59de55755aeb1"],"companies_featured_post":["no"],"_companies_featured_post":["field_59de561bd6d34"],"donors_featured_post":["yes"],"_donors_featured_post":["field_59de5661cb9a2"],"long_featured_image":[""],"_long_featured_image":["field_5819f8103f7df"],"hero_image":[""],"_hero_image":["field_581a1f867a79a"],"post_bottom_cta_url":[""],"_post_bottom_cta_url":["field_581cef001838d"],"post_bottom_cta_anchor_text":[""],"_post_bottom_cta_anchor_text":["field_581cef38e7e5e"],"staff_favorite":["no"],"_staff_favorite":["field_59cbfe0342f46"],"ranking_label":[""],"_ranking_label":["field_59c1391139d75"],"second_author_image":[""],"_second_author_image":["field_59c5533f5c82a"],"third_author_image":[""],"_third_author_image":["field_59c553de5c831"],"_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":["Fighting For LGBTQ Equality, One Cake At A Time"],"_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":["In one of the most dangerous places in the world to be LGBTQ, a group of young people fight for their rights\u2014by learning how to bake cakes."],"_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":["[]"],"_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":["[\"\"]"],"_wp_old_date":["2018-06-22"],"main_featured_post":["no"],"_main_featured_post":["field_5bace81ab977c"],"spanish_content":["no"],"_spanish_content":["field_5bbf98a698710"],"custom_permalink":["lgbtq-cake-bakery-in-uganda"],"_last_editor_used_jetpack":["classic-editor"]},"yoast_head":"\n
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Who He Is:<\/h2>Real Raymond is a rural Ugandan LGBTQ activist who fights to create safe spaces for the community. He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration from MUST and has worked as a marketing manager at Rio insurance company limited for three years. Later, he worked at The Aids Support Organisation (TASO) for three years as a key population contact person. At TASO, he conducted a baseline study in the rural LGBTQ community and found out that they faced a lot of challenges. Many of them were not members of any organization which means they lacked information and other resources. This led to the birth of Mbarara Rise Foundation, a registered nonprofit organization operating in rural grassroots areas of Uganda where he works as the executive director.<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nQ: What inspired you to start Mbarara Rise Foundation<\/a>?<\/h4>\nA:<\/strong> People who identify as LGBTQ in Uganda face high levels of discrimination and inequality. When I carried out a baseline survey prior to founding Mbarara Rise Foundation, I learned that more than 95% of people identifying as LGBTQ were unemployed and very much economically disenfranchised. The need for food and paying rent and bills overshadowed the concern for safer sex. This made people more desperate for money despite dangers of exposure. In response to above findings, I was inspired to start MRF as a way of bring hope and social change.<\/p>\nQ: Tell us about some of the challenges that people who identify as LGBTQ+ face in Uganda.<\/h4>\n
A:<\/strong> The Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014<\/a> (previously called the “Kill the Gays Bill”) was passed by the parliament of Uganda in December 2013 and signed into law by the president of Uganda in February 2014.<\/p>\nBefore the Act, LGBTQ people could be sentenced to life in prison, but the Act declared homosexuality punishable by death. Even though the Constitutional Court of Uganda ruled the Act invalid<\/a> on procedural grounds in August 2014, many people still think the law is valid and use it to discriminate against the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\nIn a course of six months, we have documented more 89 cases of which 63 are based on human rights violations, arrests, attacks and rape of transgender people, high levels of Unemployment, and denial of HIV health care services which has increased new HIV infections.<\/p>\n
Q: What excites you most about your work?<\/h4>\n
A:<\/strong> I love working in a position that has a deep impact upon the LGBTQ community, as well as in the life of an individual. The most exciting part of my work is the challenge of the hunt; I spend all day talking to people to help them find the roles and environments where they can thrive and do the best work.<\/p>\nMy main motivation comes from providing excellent service to every LGBTQ person with whom I come into contact. I look for opportunities to improve my community and equip them with skills so that each person I interact with will have a positive experience.<\/p>\n
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Q: Your approach to social change through baking is so interesting! Why did you choose to focus your efforts on training future bakers?<\/h4>\n
A:<\/strong> Before the cake baking kicked on, I carried out a design thinking challenge where I focused on implementing a project that will make a big impact, educate people, reduce high levels of unemployment among the LGBTQ community, be sustainable, contribute to the economic development of the country, and at the same time build acceptance leading to social change.<\/p>\nI choose cake baking because it offers a variety of areas in which to specialize. Bakers are responsible for making breads, bagels, pretzels, cakes, muffins, cookies, and pastries, as well as chocolate and candy, sugar sculptures, and icing. They can prepare many different baked goods or specialize in just one depending on their experience and training. I saw this as an opportunity. When trained with baking skills, they will be able to work in different places like small retail bakeries, their own bakeries, restaurants, supermarkets, catering services, wholesale bakeries, and more. They can also train others with the same skills. Equipping someone with lifetime skills means there is sustainability hence contributing to economic development.<\/p>\n
Q: So many donors in the GlobalGiving community care about ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. What is one thing you want donors to know about the impact they can have on this issue in Uganda and around the world?<\/h4>\n
A:<\/strong> Their great support and effort is valued and can bring social change, inclusion, and respect for the diverse culture of our community. Their support also builds acceptance and tolerance. Ultimately, economic development and social inclusion work toward the Sustainable Development Goals which will enhance the lives and well-being of LGBTQ persons in Uganda.<\/p>\nJune is Pride Month, when gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer people around the world celebrate who they are. In honor of Pride Month, support Mbarara Rise Foundation’s work in Uganda.<\/em><\/p>\nDONATE<\/a><\/p>\nFeatured Photo: Cake Baking for LGBTQ Empowerment in Uganda<\/span> by Mbarara Rise Foundation<\/a><\/small>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In one of the most dangerous places in the world for people identifying as LGBTQ, a group of young people fight for the rights\u2014by learning how to bake cakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":10985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[79],"coauthors":[1014],"class_list":["post-10982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-viewpoints","tag-causes"],"acf":[],"cp_meta_data":{"_edit_lock":["1682708481:206"],"_edit_last":["35"],"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw_text_input":["LGBTQ cake"],"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":["LGBTQ cake"],"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":["65"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["30"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["78"],"_thumbnail_id":["10985"],"_yoast_wpseo_title":["This Bakery in Uganda Advances LGBTQ Inclusion"],"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":["In honor of Pride Month, an LGBTQ leader in Uganda tells us about his unique theory of social change: economic development through cake baking."],"intro":["In honor of Pride Month, an LGBTQ leader in Uganda\u2014one of the most dangerous places in the world for people identifying as LGBTQ\u2014tells us about his unique theory of social change: economic development through cake baking.\r\n"],"_intro":["field_581c8d225094f"],"audience":["a:1:{i:0;s:5:\"Donor\";}"],"_audience":["field_59cbfbe631a0c"],"nonprofits_featured_post":["no"],"_nonprofits_featured_post":["field_59de55755aeb1"],"companies_featured_post":["no"],"_companies_featured_post":["field_59de561bd6d34"],"donors_featured_post":["yes"],"_donors_featured_post":["field_59de5661cb9a2"],"long_featured_image":[""],"_long_featured_image":["field_5819f8103f7df"],"hero_image":[""],"_hero_image":["field_581a1f867a79a"],"post_bottom_cta_url":[""],"_post_bottom_cta_url":["field_581cef001838d"],"post_bottom_cta_anchor_text":[""],"_post_bottom_cta_anchor_text":["field_581cef38e7e5e"],"staff_favorite":["no"],"_staff_favorite":["field_59cbfe0342f46"],"ranking_label":[""],"_ranking_label":["field_59c1391139d75"],"second_author_image":[""],"_second_author_image":["field_59c5533f5c82a"],"third_author_image":[""],"_third_author_image":["field_59c553de5c831"],"_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":["Fighting For LGBTQ Equality, One Cake At A Time"],"_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":["In one of the most dangerous places in the world to be LGBTQ, a group of young people fight for their rights\u2014by learning how to bake cakes."],"_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":["[]"],"_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":["[\"\"]"],"_wp_old_date":["2018-06-22"],"main_featured_post":["no"],"_main_featured_post":["field_5bace81ab977c"],"spanish_content":["no"],"_spanish_content":["field_5bbf98a698710"],"custom_permalink":["lgbtq-cake-bakery-in-uganda"],"_last_editor_used_jetpack":["classic-editor"]},"yoast_head":"\n
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Q: What inspired you to start Mbarara Rise Foundation<\/a>?<\/h4>\nA:<\/strong> People who identify as LGBTQ in Uganda face high levels of discrimination and inequality. When I carried out a baseline survey prior to founding Mbarara Rise Foundation, I learned that more than 95% of people identifying as LGBTQ were unemployed and very much economically disenfranchised. The need for food and paying rent and bills overshadowed the concern for safer sex. This made people more desperate for money despite dangers of exposure. In response to above findings, I was inspired to start MRF as a way of bring hope and social change.<\/p>\nQ: Tell us about some of the challenges that people who identify as LGBTQ+ face in Uganda.<\/h4>\n
A:<\/strong> The Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014<\/a> (previously called the “Kill the Gays Bill”) was passed by the parliament of Uganda in December 2013 and signed into law by the president of Uganda in February 2014.<\/p>\nBefore the Act, LGBTQ people could be sentenced to life in prison, but the Act declared homosexuality punishable by death. Even though the Constitutional Court of Uganda ruled the Act invalid<\/a> on procedural grounds in August 2014, many people still think the law is valid and use it to discriminate against the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\nIn a course of six months, we have documented more 89 cases of which 63 are based on human rights violations, arrests, attacks and rape of transgender people, high levels of Unemployment, and denial of HIV health care services which has increased new HIV infections.<\/p>\n
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Q: Your approach to social change through baking is so interesting! Why did you choose to focus your efforts on training future bakers?<\/h4>\n
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Q: So many donors in the GlobalGiving community care about ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. What is one thing you want donors to know about the impact they can have on this issue in Uganda and around the world?<\/h4>\n
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