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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The US Embassy in Kampala has said that Ugandan organisations can now apply for small grants to combat HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n

The announcement comes a day after President Museveni said the country would not criminalise a person for being a homosexual or bar them from accessing health care. It also follows a meeting the President had with the US Ambassador Natalie Brown.<\/p>\n

The grants, information from the website of the Embassy shows, are given through the US President\u2019s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR). They range from $15,000 (Shs55.5m) to $310,000 (Shs1.1b). PEPFAR is a historic global program to provide treatment, prevention, and care for people living with or affected by HIV\/AIDS, giving Uganda around 400 million dollars (over Shs1.4 trillion) annually.<\/p>\n

PEPFAR focuses on care and treatment, prevention, impact mitigation, and health systems strengthening.<\/p>\n

The targeted beneficiaries for the small grants include; Adolescents Girls and Young Women (AGYW), Faith-Based Communities, Key Populations (KPs), Men and Young Males (MYMs), and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs). Other beneficiaries include; People Living with HIV (PLHIV), People with Disabilities (PWDs).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Small Grants Office welcomes applications from registered non-profit Ugandan organizations such as Community Based Organizations (CBO), Faith Based Organizations (FBO), or Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO),\u201d the information from the website reads.<\/p>\n

During the State of the Nation Address on Wednesday, the President said: \u201cOur meeting with some doctors led us to conclude that it [homosexuality] is due to psychological disorientation. This conclusion gave us a way forward, if someone is a victim, is it right to punish them? No, they need help.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe law now says a homosexual will not be criminalized if he\/she keeps his\/her being to himself but will be arrested if he goes and recruits others into it. If he goes and rapes a child or indigent, it\u2019s a capital offence and that person faces imprisonment. Merely being [homosexual] is your personal problem but promoting and raping is criminal and will lead you to be imprisoned and a death sentence respectively,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

However, some activists said the law criminalizes one for being a homosexual. \u201cWould be helpful if he (President Museveni) read laws before he signed them,\u201d says Maria Burnett, a human rights lawyer at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.<\/p>\n

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