Life for marginalised people is tough at any time, but it has been doubly tough during the pandemic

Many marginalised people across the world have faced discrimination and unequal access to care during the pandemic. Harapan Fian is an organisation in Yogyakarta that cares for diverse poor people, like the poor, the homeless, sex workers and members of the transgender community.

Members of Sanggar Seroja worked providing assistance to the transgender community during the first wave of COVID-19 in 2020. They seemed to have been forgotten Source: Courtesy Sanggar Seroja/Gerakan #Bantuanuntukwaria - early 2020.

Ahmad Syaifuddin (Didin) is the director of Harapan Fian.  Alex Gotts is a writer and community worker who met Didin when she was volunteering in Yogyakarta.  Last November they and others held an up-lifting on-line fund raiser that showed peoples’ resilience and generosity.  Alex and Didin explain to Sri Dean the challenges marginalised groups like the transgender community are facing in Indonesia.

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There has been strong collaboration across transgender groups to support each other during the pandemic. They cant really on the government assistance. Source: Courtesy Sanggar Seroja/Gerakan #Bantuanuntukwaria - early 2020.