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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB223010

Date taken / Date Recorded 14/11/2024 12:00 AM

Country Kenya

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Photographer / videographer / producer Laurence Hoenig

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available no

Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 2m11s

Maximum Size 1080px × 1920px 76.38 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Powell Omond - Beneficiary and peer educator
Since I realized that I'm a transgender woman, I was looking for where I can fit. Because outside here, it's so hard, so hard…
Kenya - Mombasa
Powell Omond first visited the MSF supported facility in Mombasa years ago. Since 2021, the center has been offering specific health care services for adolescents and young people, including key populations.
That is, men who have sex with men, transgender populations, people who use drugs, sex workers, homeless people among others.
Powell We have different and many challenges. There is a lot of stigmatizations a lot of discriminations so we need somewhere where we can feel free, feel ok, feel safe.
Because of the stigma they face, key populations have difficulties finding health services, employment and economic stability, which affects their mental health.
Sally* - Beneficiary
*Name changed
My life was challenging before I met this place. Most of the time I wanted to commit suicide because I think that no one can understand me. It was even challenging to go seek services at the public facility due to the stigma and discrimination that people showed me.
Powell
I've been beaten by people. Mentally, I've been damaged because of this. So this is the only place I can get mental aid.
The centre offers psychosocial advice, as well as screening and tools to prevent sexually transmitted diseases.
HAKIMA Masud - Deputy Project Coordinator in MSF
They are a group that is forgotten. They are a group that is not prioritized and an organisation like MSF is really critical to be the voice of this population. Not only to provide them with direct care but also to speak on their behalf or to join them as they speak for themselves in terms of the stigma that they face.
Sally
I want to tell every transgender that are outside : you are loved, you are wonderful and you're beautiful and you are who you are. No one should tell you anything about who you are. You are valued.

Sexually Transmitted Disease