Uganda: “I also need to be happy”: Anna Morena’s story

Officially, she calls herself Juliana, but she also goes by the name Anna Morena and has an organization of the same name—the Anna Foundation Uganda.

The small, youth-led organization promotes sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV prevention, advocacy, research, entrepreneurship and fundraising for the transgender community in central Uganda.

As a response to the malnutrition experienced by transgender people because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the foundation has raised US$ 1600 from a private donor to support transgender people and their dependents with food relief, which has reached more than 200 people.

Members of the foundation volunteer their time to conduct referrals for mental health and supply medical services, including deliveries of treatment and hormone therapy to transgender people who cannot currently access facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more and watch more via UNAIDS