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By donating today, you will change someone’s tomorrow.
By donating today, you will change someone’s tomorrow.
Matofu and Suphi had been on the run for years.
The pair fled Uganda after Matofu’s relatives discovered he was gay and kidnapped him. They locked him in a room while they argued over whether to kill him or hand him over to the police. Suphi, who was six, stole the key and freed his father. They fled across Tanzania, taking buses for 1,000 miles to get to the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi.
For Matofu and Suphi there was no refuge among the camp’s 34,000 inhabitants. Thugs targeted them almost immediately. One morning they found dead dogs piled on their doorstep and Matofu was regularly chased, beaten, and even stabbed. One day Suphi was drugged and dragged by three men into the camp’s graveyard. Matofu heard Suphi’s scream just before they buried him alive. Miraculously they both managed to flee the camp.
A local charity then put Matofu in touch with Frontline AIDS Rapid Response Fund, which provided them with money for a safe house until the authorities in Canada granted them asylum.
For people like Matofu and Suphi, your gift can offer an escape route from threats and violence. It can help put food in their stomachs and it can ensure they do not miss out on vital medication.
We’re on the frontline of tackling stigma, so that every person everywhere can look forward to a future free from AIDS.
By donating, you are standing up to the stigma and discrimination that fuels the HIV epidemic. You are standing up for people like Suphi who face threats and violence. Will you change a life today?
Donate through our Just Giving page
You can send us a cheque (payable to Frontline AIDS): Fundraising team, Preece House, 91-101 Preece House, Davigdor Road, Hove, BN3 1RE
You can send us a direct bank transfer using the details:
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