Whilst this initiative should be applauded for enabling the organisation to reach people who can no longer come to the Centre due to security and safety concerns, it should be evaluated and strengthened. There is need to put in place a monitoring mechanism and also look for strategies of reaching out to some of the individuals who do not want to be known where they stay or to be seen with members associated with GALZ. The situation is compounded by the fact that when GALZ calls people to come to the Centre for an evaluation, few people turn up. Thus the effectiveness of the model is difficult to ascertain. What is encouraging however, is that of late the government has, under the Global Fund, principally agreed to provide condoms and lubricants to key populations. Thus GALZ has to find certain spots throughout the country that are friendly to their community, which will become distribution centres for condoms and lubricants. This will enable members to choose where they are most comfortable in accessing the service, either from peer educators or the trained health care workers. Attendance to functions The raids have instilled fear amongst the LGBTI community regardless of the fact that the work of GALZ is legal, and many times they have gone to court and won their cases. However this does little to bring comfort to frightened members. This is a result of the prevailing homophobic environment which attaches criminality to being gay and lesbian. The attendance patterns to events organised by GALZ clearly show the effect of these raids. As Figure 11 demonstrates, 46.9% of those who 36 An Assessment of the impact of state sanctioned and unsanctioned raids on GALZ premises and gatherings