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The Fruit Basket

Our Mission: Food, Education, Medicine

Thomars Shamuyarira

About Us

Behind The Team

Thomars is a human rights activist and the founder and director of The Fruit Basket. With a passion for equality and social justice, he has dedicated his life to advocating for the rights of marginalized communities.

As an assistant researcher, he has conducted studies on the challenges faced by LGBTQI refugees and the impact of discrimination on mental health. He also actively volunteers his time to support various community-based initiatives. Through his work, Thomars strives to create a world where everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, social or immigration status can live free from discrimination and persecution.

Thomars is the Chairperson of the Community Advisory Board of Wits Reproductive Health Institute Transgender Clinic, he is also the founder of the Queer & Trans Refugee Advisory Network South. He is on behalf of the organization a part of a group of individuals that is raising funds and responding to emergencies in Uganda ever since the Draconian Anti-LGBTQ Bill was passed in Uganda in March 2023.

He is a fitness enthusiast, an aspiring Human Rights Lawyer, a Motivational Speaker, and a Traveller.

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