Welcome to our first Edition of
Our Namibian PINK Community Program E-Newsletter!
Why PINK Community? We aim it PINK because Namibia has a variety of rainbow colors and we are all one human kind!
To be a gay man or a lesbian woman in Namibia is not always the easiest of situations. Before 2005, the Namibian constitution declared homosexuality illegal; but now it is no longer illegal so gay and lesbian people can live openly in Namibia.
Our aim is to help and support the PINK community in Namibia. Often people are not even aware there are already institutions here in Namibia for legal assistance & support!
During the last month there have been some Gay gatherings in Windhoek & Swakopmund as well as in other small townships. This is an exciting new development for our community and we can see that people are very interested to join in with these social Get-togethers! Guys & Girls keep it up like that!
Now is it about time to connect all communities and bring them together in order to illustrate that we are a growing community in Namibia!
We have many work-outs planned for our future in Namibia and together with you we can make things happen!
Now it is up to you! Are you proud to be PINK in Namibia?
Let us introduce ourselves to get to know each other!
ABOUT NAMIBIA JJ TOURS:
Namibia JJ Tours is established recently in March 2009. “JJ” stands for Joe & Jaco, the owners of the company.
When Joe and Jaco first met they made a conscious decision to celebrate their partnership and live an honest, openly gay relationship in Namibia!
We wanted to create the first PINK Travel agency in Namibia that caters to the Local & International Lesbian & Gay Community. Between us we have many years of experience in the Tourism Industry in Namibia. We are passionate about Namibia, in particular the people of Namibia. Namibia JJ Tours is not just about providing a travel agency for the local Namibian and International Gay and Lesbian communities. A very important part of our business is to support the Namibian Gay and Lesbian “PINK” community.
We aim to develop a forum for information and a platform that assists networking.
Namibia JJ Tours is organizing the following fun event and trip for our Namibian PINK Community:
*Join us on our first Namibian Pink Festival which Namibia JJ Tours will host in November 2009! This event is from the 20th until the 23rd of November 2009 at Onjowewe Lodge in Kamanjab!! All LESBIGAY’S of Namibia are invited and welcome! The first evening will be a Get to know each other! Music for fun and entertainment is provided throughout this weekend! The second evening is Oldies night from the 50th to the 90th! The 3rd evening we have a PINK Dress up Party! During day time there is plenty of fun stuff provided at our lodge! By midday we have small workshops provided by TRP & Sister Namibia like a round table open for any feedbacks and discussions! The whole day is up to you! Your stay & all food is free of charge! Just bring your entire camping equipment incl. cutlery, crockery & your own chair! And of course you need to bring your own drinks for that weekend! There are stores in Kamanjab where you can buy all your needs!
Bookings for this weekend are essential!! Only limited Space available!
*Join us on the annual Gay Pride Celebration in Cape Town this coming March 2010!
Namibia JJ Tours is going to host together with The Rainbow Project & Sister Namibia this exiting event of a lifetime!
10 days promoting our Namibian PINK Community people in South Africa! Incl. 6nights accommodation in a gay-friendly Hotel (Fountain’s Hotel) BB in Cape Town & 2 nights accommodation in a gay-friendly Hotel (Protea Hotel Stellenbosch) BB in Stellenbosch! Incl. 2 day’s Wine tour in Stellenbosch area & lunch on top of the Table Mountain! First night & last night transport with a premium Bus Service (Intercape) provided from Windhoek to Cape Town Return! Lot’s of events planned in Cape Town! The annual CT Gay Parade is planned on the 6th of March 2010 where we represent our Namibian PINK Community together with you!
Bookings essential! Only limited seats available for this tour!!
For more information’s & bookings please contact us at:
joe@namibiajjtours.com or annie@namibiajjtours.com
Please visit our website www.namibiajjtours.com for further details!
Join us and be part of these exciting events of a lifetime!
ABOUT “THE RAINBOW PROJECT” (TRP)
TRP’s Mission is to:
A work towards the attainment of the full constitutional equality and sexual diverse people in Namibia through advocacy, lobbying, educate based intervention and movement building.
TRP’s Vision is to:
Be the leading equality movement of sexual diversity.
Resources for beneficiaries and Allies.
Since the independence of Namibia, a country with diverse cultures and unity as well as freedom among the people. There has always been prejudice and sometimes hatred towards the gay and lesbian community.
Therefore, The Rainbow project was founded by family members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersexual (LGBTI) community against rhetoric statements made by political leaders towards the LGBTI community on the 5th of February 1997.
Today after a few long years of struggling, protesting and petitioning, TRP has an award winning radio talk show, Talking Pink on Monday evenings 19h00 on radio Base 106.2. This is only but one of their outreach and sensitization programs. This is also the only LGBTI radio programme on the African continent to have won the MISA Namibian Award for the best community development radio programme on issues of Homosexuality.
TRP offers a wide variety of resources to its beneficiaries of the centre which include:
DVD, Video rentals and magazine library
Computer and internet facilities
Well-being Support Group
Spiritual support group
LGBTI Domestic Violence Survivors support group
Workshops on Sigma and discrimination,
Understanding HIV/Aids and sexual Behaviour, Human rights, Sexuality and Gender, Building alliance etc.
Workshops on Knowledge and skills building.
TRP facilities are open to Beneficiaries and Allies:
Tuesday 09h00-13h00
Wednesday 14h00-17h00
Friday all day
Satellite offices in Namibia
HEAD OFFICE:
84 Franz Indongo Street
Tel: +264 61 230710
Fax: +264 61 240765
Email: admin@trp.org.na
Ongwediva satellite office:
415Lomel Street
Tell: 065-230110
Fax: 065-230108
Walvis Bay group:
Tell: 0811297804
Partner Organization:
People in Need Sexual Minority Project
Contact person: Jacobus Witbooi - Project Coordinator
Sexual Minorities - People in Need
P.O.Box 273 - Keetmanshoop, Namibia
Tel/Fax: +264 63 224 364
Cell: +264 811282314
Web:
www.peopleinneed.cz
Legal Assistance Center Windhoek:
061 - 223356
ABOUT SISTER NAMIBIA:
Sister’s vision is:
For a society that recognizes, protects and celebrates the full personhood of all women and girls including respect for our dignity, diversity, sexual choices and bodily integrity.
“Celebrating 20 years of feminist activism” these amazing women went against everything they were brought up to believe and made stand for the first time in June 1989 with the first edition of Sister Namibia.
Today, 20 years later they are still keeping to what they started only bigger and better. Fire blazing and conquering whatever they put their minds to. From being a small trickling steam they have become a raging river with a network of streams to every remote part of the country.
“A catalyst for change” for a recently disadvantaged group breaking through boundaries and calling a spay a spay. They not just only paved the road for women in Namibia, Sister Namibia have touched and changed life’s abroad with provocative writings and allowed a many women to recognize themselves and use their voice, achieving more than was expected.
Not only is Sister Namibia a feminist organization but they have workshops about HIV/Aids, providing a broader awareness for children about HIV/Aids and petitioning for human rights for women abroad.
Sister Namibia is providing a monthly magazine with all information’s of their projects!
! NOW IT IS UP TO YOU !
Your feedbacks and comments help us and everyone
Better to understand!
OUR NEXT EDITION IS GOING TO BE PUBLISHED BY 28TH OF October!
BE PART AND SEND US YOUR THOUGHTS & FEEDBACKS OF OUR
NAMIBIAN PINK COMMUNITY PROGRAM!
Register now and to be a member of our
Namibian PINK Community Program!
For MORE information’s please contact us at:
joe@namibiajjtours.com or annie@namibiajjtours.com
Or call us at +264 81 424 1114!
JOIN US NOW AND BE PART OF THIS EXCITING
PROGRAM OF A LIFETIME!
Published by: Joe Gerstmayr/Annie Smit - t/a Namibia JJ Tours, Box 86, Kamanjab
