Inini Initiative Ltd

This made my heart smile 😊. Thanks Tulia

Last Mafuba felt motivated to establish a mental health organisation Inini Initiative Ltd focused on engaging ethnic minority communities after writing her thesis for her postgraduate course on 'Reasons Why Immigrant Women Living in the UK, Who Are Experiencing Domestic Violence, Do Not Engage with the Law.'. Last views herself as a change maker and is determined to tackle injustice and poverty within ethnic minority communities. She consistently strives to increase awareness of mental health within the BME communities to remove the stigma and social exclusion.

We celebrate Last Mafuba because she has taken proactive steps to address the critical issue of mental health in ethnic minority communities. By founding a mental health organisation, she is empowering those who often face systemic barriers and stigma, particularly in the context of domestic violence. Her dedication to understanding the challenges immigrant women face and her commitment to providing support and resources demonstrate her passion for creating positive change.

Last Mafuba's work not only raises awareness but also fosters a sense of community and belonging, helping to ensure that individuals feel heard, understood, and supported in their struggles.

We must resist the narrative that dehumanises, gaslights and criminalises people who move across borders for a better life.

This hostility can never be accepted or normalised.

They are people, not boats.

This harmful, dehumanising project silences migrant and refugee communities - reducing people into a number to count, a threat to reduce or a crisis to control.

There are alternatives to denying people healthcare, to deporting people 4000 miles away, to forcing people onto prison barges, containing them in military camps & detention sites.

Welcome not deportation. Community not detention. Protection not criminalisation. Solidarity not surveillance.

Migration is about people. There are enough resources, when we share.