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Previous donations have freed 56 innocent victims of African homophobia
\nDonations are urgently needed to free eight prisoners, including Cam, whose story is below. For their safety, in this series of articles the eight prisoners are identified by pseudonyms.This illustration of Cam was created by the AI program ChatGPT, based on a description of him provided by reporter Steeves Winner.\u00a0By Steeves WinnerLast year, 36-year-old Cam had a 22-year-old partner, Daniel. Cam worked as a cook, a job that allowed him to support himself and live with dignity.But all that ended when Daniel\u2019s parents found out about Cam.They reported him to police, accusing him of seducing their son into a homosexual relationship.On Dec. 17, 2025, Cam was arrested. With no attorney to represent him, he was promptly tried, convicted and sentenced to two years in prison for homosexuality. In Cameroon, same-sex intimacy is punishable by up to five years in prisonAfter a quick trial, Cam was sent to Yaound\u00e9 Central Prison. He can only leave there if he pays a fine of 196,000 FCFA (about U.S. $350), which he does not have.In the Yaound\u00e9 prison, Cam lives in difficult and precarious conditions. He receives no visits from his family and only an occasional visit from friends, who offer him minimal moral support. Surrounded by homophobic fellow prisoners and homophobic guards, he survives as best he can in an environment of stigmatization, marginalization and threats of violence..In April, a reporter for Erasing 76 Crimes visited him and seven other innocent prisoners with a delivery of food and hygiene supplies. In interviews with them, the reporter verified that they qualify for help from Project Not Alone. The criterion: They are imprisoned for nothing other than who they love.That is true of Cam, so he is included in the list of the eight prisoners that the project aims to set free this year. Donated funds will be used to pay Cam\u2019s fine, as well as to pay the expenses of an attorney who will work without pay on Cam\u2019s behalf..In addition to raising money to set the prisoners free, Project Not Alone is also seeking money to pay for mandatory upgrades of the free Qtalk smartphone app, which has offered private counseling to LGBTQ+ Nigerians since it was launched in 2020.Please donate to help set the eight prisoners free in Nigeria and Cameroon and ease the burdens of LGBTQ life in Nigeria.See Also
\nProject Not Alone is a program of the non-profit\u00a0St. Paul\u2019s Foundation for International Reconciliation\u00a0and its\u00a0Erasing 76 Crimes\u00a0news site.\u00a0 U.S. tax-deductible donations to Project Not Alone 2026 may be made via:
\nPayPal (for U.S. dollar contributions).\u00a0For other currencies, send\u00a0PayPal donations\u00a0to stpaulsfdr@gmail.comDonorBoxGoFundMeAlternatively, you could\u00a0send a check\u00a0to St. Paul\u2019s Foundation, c\/o Colin Stewart, 5517 Paseo del Lago East Unit 1B, Laguna Woods CA 92637 USA. Please write \u201cProject Not Alone\u201d on the memo line and send an email to info@76crimes.com to let us know it\u2019s coming.
\nSteeves Winner, the author of this article, is a Cameroonian journalist who writes under a pseudonym. Contact him at steeves.w@yahoo.com.See also:
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