Talented Youth Community Fellowship Uganda (TAYCOF) is a trans led, faith based community organization based in Uganda, working at the intersection of faith, human rights, health, and community healing. Founded in 2022, TAYCOF was created in response to the exclusion, violence, stigma, and homelessness experienced by transgender women and gender-diverse people within both religious spaces and broader society. Our work focuses on creating affirming and community led spaces that support healing, dignity, empowerment, and social justice. Through programs centered on harm reduction, mental health and peer support, HIV advocacy, leadership development, economic empowerment, and community outreach, we support transgender and gender-diverse people in navigating systemic barriers while building resilience and collective care. One of our key initiatives is the Nange Healing and Harm Reduction Center, which supports trans survivors of violence, people who use drugs, and other marginalized
Project story
Nange Healing and Harm Reduction Center
A Safe Space Built on Lived Experience
Nange was born from survival and urgency. Created by Talented Youth Community Fellowship Uganda (TAYCOF) and based in Wakiso, this peer-led healing center serves trans and gender diverse people, survivors of violence, and people who use drugs—communities too often left behind.
In Uganda, LGBTQI+ individuals and people who use drugs face criminalization, homelessness, violence, and stigma. Many lack access to compassionate healthcare or safe spaces to simply exist. Nange responded to this reality with dignity and community-led care.
At the center, people gather for peer support, harm reduction education, wellness activities, creative healing sessions, mental health support, and culturally grounded practices. We believe harm reduction means more than reducing physical harm—it means restoring hope, connection, and belonging.
Grown from grassroots effort and sustained by sales of Faith That Liberates, Nange reflects a growing movement rooted in healing justice and the belief that marginalized communities deserve dignity and freedom from violence.
Your support directly funds community outreach, peer programs, wellness spaces, emergency resources, harm reduction education, and storytelling workshops.
Together, we're creating a future where healing and care reach those pushed to the margins.
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Talented Youth Community Fellowship Uganda (TAYCOF) is a trans led, faith based community organization based in Uganda, working at the intersection of faith, human rights, health, and community healing. Founded in 2022, TAYCOF was created in response to the exclusion, violence, stigma, and homelessness experienced by transgender women and gender-diverse people within both religious spaces and broader society. Our work focuses on creating affirming and community led spaces that support healing, dignity, empowerment, and social justice. Through programs centered on harm reduction, mental health and peer support, HIV advocacy, leadership development, economic empowerment, and community outreach, we support transgender and gender-diverse people in navigating systemic barriers while building resilience and collective care. One of our key initiatives is the Nange Healing and Harm Reduction Center, which supports trans survivors of violence, people who use drugs, and other marginalized
Project story
Nange Healing and Harm Reduction Center
A Safe Space Built on Lived Experience
Nange was born from survival and urgency. Created by Talented Youth Community Fellowship Uganda (TAYCOF) and based in Wakiso, this peer-led healing center serves trans and gender diverse people, survivors of violence, and people who use drugs—communities too often left behind.
In Uganda, LGBTQI+ individuals and people who use drugs face criminalization, homelessness, violence, and stigma. Many lack access to compassionate healthcare or safe spaces to simply exist. Nange responded to this reality with dignity and community-led care.
At the center, people gather for peer support, harm reduction education, wellness activities, creative healing sessions, mental health support, and culturally grounded practices. We believe harm reduction means more than reducing physical harm—it means restoring hope, connection, and belonging.
Grown from grassroots effort and sustained by sales of Faith That Liberates, Nange reflects a growing movement rooted in healing justice and the belief that marginalized communities deserve dignity and freedom from violence.
Your support directly funds community outreach, peer programs, wellness spaces, emergency resources, harm reduction education, and storytelling workshops.
Together, we're creating a future where healing and care reach those pushed to the margins.
Project updates
Team
Location
Uganda