Only 4 Years Old: Hiding for Her Life, Waiting for Surgery
[ 2 minutes to read] Help 4-Year-Old Latifa Get the Surgery She Desperately Needs Latifa is only four years old, but…
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URGENT: Mumino Faces Apostasy Trial After Losing Everything – #10
[ 2 minutes to read] After losing his wife, being separated from his stepdaughter, and fleeing for his life, Mumino now…
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How Much Suffering Can One Man Handle? #9
[ < 1 minute to read] September 2024 – Mumino’s wife, who has been hiding with their two children in Somalia, is now facing a life-threatening health crisis. She has been rushed to the hospital due to kidney failure and requires an urgent operation. Unfortunately, the family’s dire financial situation makes it nearly impossible to afford the medical care she needs. The harsh reality is that without this operation, her chances of survival are slim.
While she battles for her life, her two young children are being cared for by a kind but struggling woman. This woman, despite barely having enough to feed her own children, has taken on the responsibility of looking after Mumino’s kids. Every day is a struggle for her to provide even the most basic necessities for these children, and the future is uncertain.
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Tragedy Strikes Mumino’s Family #8
[ 2 minutes to read] September 2024 – Mumino’s wife, who has been hiding with their two children in Somalia, is now facing a life-threatening health crisis. She has been rushed to the hospital due to kidney failure and requires an urgent operation. Unfortunately, the family’s dire financial situation makes it nearly impossible to afford the medical care she needs. The harsh reality is that without this operation, her chances of survival are slim.
While she battles for her life, her two young children are being cared for by a kind but struggling woman. This woman, despite barely having enough to feed her own children, has taken on the responsibility of looking after Mumino’s kids. Every day is a struggle for her to provide even the most basic necessities for these children, and the future is uncertain.
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Urgent: Mother of Two Needs Immediate Kidney Operation in Somalia #7
[ 2 minutes to read] September 2024 – Mumino’s wife, who has been hiding with their two children in Somalia, is now facing a life-threatening health crisis. She has been rushed to the hospital due to kidney failure and requires an urgent operation. Unfortunately, the family’s dire financial situation makes it nearly impossible to afford the medical care she needs. The harsh reality is that without this operation, her chances of survival are slim.
While she battles for her life, her two young children are being cared for by a kind but struggling woman. This woman, despite barely having enough to feed her own children, has taken on the responsibility of looking after Mumino’s kids. Every day is a struggle for her to provide even the most basic necessities for these children, and the future is uncertain.
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Empowering New Beginnings: Invest in a Refugee’s Business Today!
[ 2 minutes to read] Introducing “Investing in Hope”: Helping Refugees Start Their Own Businesses In the midst of adversity, resilience…
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Can we help these freethinker asylum seekers help start their own business?
[ < 1 minute to read] When you don’t get support from a government as a refugee, surviving is hard without sponsors. A small business can help them survive.
In the shadows of ongoing displacement crises in regions like Afghanistan, Iran, Uganda, Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen, Freethinkers International is spearheading a transformative concept. Traditionally dependent on the lengthy and uncertain asylum processes in neighboring countries, asylum seekers face not just a lack of safety but also a life of dependency. Our initiative aims to change this narrative by funding small businesses to foster sustainable empowerment.Asylum seekers often find themselves in precarious situations, such as trans individuals from Yemen facing years of limbo in Egypt, or Afghans in Turkey with slim chances of formal asylum approval. Yet, amidst these challenges lies a potent solution: entrepreneurship. With a starting investment ranging from $500 to $1,000, these brave souls can launch small businesses, turning their skills and passions into sources of sustainable income.
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Black Friday with a Purpose: Empower Persecuted Freethinkers
[ 2 minutes to read] As the Black Friday curtains rise, revealing a stage set for the annual shopping extravaganza, we…
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Mumino’s Saga – Kidnappings, threats and slow procedures test Mumino’s patience #6
[ 2 minutes to read] October 2022 – Mumino and his family lived in a rental house in Kampala but were forced to move from there, with the help of Freethinkers International, after their location was compromised. His wife was abducted twice by her family. The first time she bravely managed to escape from them on the way to the Friday Prayer.
The second time Mumino had to get the police involved, who only wanted to help after payment. Once they received that, they freed his wife. She thankfully was physically unharmed after these two abductions but was verbally threatened and is still receiving threats currently. This is the cause for them still not being safe. They have moved but now stay inside all day. The eldest child, who is six now and should attend school, cannot because it is not safe. They live within a fence with several other families but the gate does not lock, so it is not very safe. The child can, therefore not play outside with the other children. Not a good situation for a child.
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Adopt a refugee for $3 per month
[ 3 minutes to read] Ever since I’ve been involved in helping freethinkers and those on the run for their convictions,…
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Thank you for saving their lives in 2021
[ 4 minutes to read] The end of the year is approaching and what a bizarre year it has been. In…
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They need your help – with info, ideas, connections
[ 2 minutes to read] For some cases specifically, we ask for your input. SUN is not only supporting people financially…
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Your money is well spent in September 2021
[ 1 minute to read] The donations we receive are 100% passed through to clients all over the world, needing support….
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Mumino’s saga – Atheist finds refuge for family after harrowing airport escape #5
[ 3 minutes to read] Gunmen presented one last terrifying obstacle to an atheist’s flight to freedom from Somalia as they almost halted his family’s escape. Mumimo (an alias to protect his identity) reflected on his harrowing trip from the safety of his hotel room in an African country. He recounted how his Somalia escape to a more secure country almost didn’t happen.
“The taxi was stopped by gunmen asking who we are and where we are going,” Mumimo told SUN recently. “I don’t know why but I said we are going to the city (in Somalia). Then they said show us your ticket.”
The gunmen saw the ticket and saw it was to another country. They asked Mumimo again if he was going there and this time he said yes. The gunmen continued to quiz Mumimo about where he was from in Somalia. Eventually, they forced
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Mumino’s Saga – Embattled Atheist finds refuge for the family after harrowing airport escape #4
[ 3 minutes to read] September 2021 – Gunmen presented one last terrifying obstacle to an atheist’s flight to freedom from Somalia as they almost halted his family’s escape. Mumimo (an alias to protect his identity) reflected on his harrowing trip from the safety of his hotel room in an African country. He recounted how his Somalia escape to a more secure country almost didn’t happen.
“The taxi was stopped by gunmen asking who we are and where we are going,” Mumimo told Freethinkers International recently. “I don’t know why but I said we are going to the city (in Somalia). Then they said show us your ticket.”
The gunmen saw the ticket and saw it was to another country. They asked Mumimo again if he was going there and this time he said yes. The gunmen continued to quiz Mumimo about where he was from in Somalia. Eventually, they forced Mumimo and his family out of the car. At one point it appeared the gunmen wouldn’t let Mumimo continue until he revealed the name of his clan elder. Mumino had to make some calls to find the information.
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Mumino’s saga – Fear and hope as Mumino’s Family Waits to Escape Somalia to Safe Haven #3
[ < 1 minute to read] May 2021 – Mumino had been living quietly as a Muslim for much of his life. It wasn’t until he converted to Christianity in 2006 that his fellow countrymen noticed his change and began to attack him. As he fled from place to place, he found he wasn’t safe – his beliefs led to more attacks and arrests without charge, no matter where he went. Then he became an atheist.
In 2017 authorities took his wife and daughter. He found himself continually outed – no matter where he fled – and at times literally running for his life. Arrested, tortured by police, and repeatedly attacked by mobs, Mumino spends every night fearing what will come in the morning, and longing to be free to live his life without constant fear.
As a man with UNHCR status, Mumino needs extraction from his country. We have a plan to help get him with his wife and her 5-year-old daughter to a safer place, but we can’t do it without the help of our donors. Please consider contributing to his cause.
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Mumino’s saga – COVID, Baby, Death Threats and Medical Bills create chaos #2
[ 2 minutes to read] May 2021 – Mumimo thought his anxiety-filled life hiding his family from death threats was hard enough. He didn’t count on COVID-19 putting his wife in the hospital followed by the premature birth of his daughter.
“It was really a life challenge I can say,” explained Mumimo. “When you are sick and everyone in the family is sick and hiding from enemies and financially broke is a challenge.”
As we’ve previously reported, Freethinkers International has been working with Mumimo and his wife and her five-year-old daughter to get them to a safe country where Mumimo’s atheist views are tolerated. For now they hide out in the African nation of his birth because his atheism in a land known for blasphemy laws and violence against “heretics” is inherently dangerous. Police have arrested and tortured Mumimo and mobs have repeatedly attacked him. Men once beat his wife and her daughter with electrical wires when they came looking for Mumino and found his family instead.
Mumimo and his family hide in a one-room apartment and only venture out at night. They are working with Freethinkers International and our sponsors to get to a safe haven. But even this dangerous life became more chaotic when Mumimo and his pregnant wife contracted COVID. His symptoms were minor but she was seriously ill and needed to be hospitalized.
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Mumino’s saga – Their lives are a terrifying blend of boredom and fear #1
[ 2 minutes to read] February 2021 – Mumino and his family hide every day in a small, unfurnished, one-room apartment fearing for their lives. And the only thing worse than the days are the nights.
Mumino (not his real name to ensure his safety), his pregnant wife and her 5-year-old daughter from another relationship, hide away in this African nation of his birth because of his atheism in a land known for blasphemy laws and violence against “heretics.” He recently shared with Freethinkers International his fears and hopes for a brighter future.
Arrested, tortured by police, and repeatedly attacked by mobs, Mumino spends every night fearing what will come in the morning. His wife and her daughter have been beaten with electrical wires when men came looking for Mumino and found his family instead. Mumino longs to be free to live his life without constant fear and get work as a cabinet maker.
Mumino rarely leaves the house unless it is for an urgent matter. He will use the toilet facilities outside during the day. But never at night
The apartment is one room with no furniture. Blankets and pillows cover the floor. A large plastic sheet on the floor serves as their makeshift dining area. Men came to his house a few times, firing guns.
