We follow a community-led, rights-based methodology that equips LGBTQ refugees, intersex individuals, and displaced youth to demand and exercise their fundamental rights through economic tools, documentation processing, safe shelter, and advocacy.
How Mayhem Threads facilitates the journey from invisibility to agency on the Kenya–Somalia border:
Immediate admission to non-judgmental temporary safe houses in Garissa & Dadaab. Provision of partner clinic healthcare, malaria treatment, food rations, and trauma counseling.
Personal legal accompaniment through refugee status determination (RSD), anti-corruption advocacy at registration desks, and official intersex/transgender documentation support.
Handover of productive starter equipment (sewing machines, repair toolkits, sack gardening inputs) paired with business planning and financial literacy training.
Training in human rights documentation, press releases, and media engagement, positioning refugee beneficiaries to lead community panels and advocate for direct funding.
Combining technological tools with authentic grassroots dialogue across East Africa.
Executed in collaboration with SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation), reaching citizens across Somalia to gather qualitative insights on Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR), GBV, and FGM prevention.
Conducted focus group discussions (FGDs) across 5 Federal Member States targeting marginalized groups to validate research findings and ensure minority refugee voices shape international policy.
Our research revealed that while international humanitarian appeals reach billions, crucial interventions like FGM prevention receive as little as **0.3%** of overall funding. Mayhem Threads uses empirical data to advocate for targeted funding directly to grassroots refugee organizations.
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