Kenya
“Cutting Season” 2023
Give the Gift of Safety: Ending FGM During the Holidays Girls at the Galkayo Center (GECPD), Somalia While the holidays are a festive time for many,…
Story of Joy: A 12-year old girl rescued by Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative in Kenya
We are celebrating the recent news that Sudan has now banned female genital mutilation (FGM). This is a great victory that will no doubt…
This Giving Tuesday Remember Front-Line Women’s Organizations!
This holiday season as you plan your year-end giving I hope you will remember the many strong and effective front-line women’s organizations around…
You can help Kenyan girls fleeing FGM get an education
As schools reopen for the new academic year this month, we have good news to share with you from Kenya. With your support, our partner…
Support women who are stopping FGM on the front lines
Last year our partners in Sierra Leone and Somalia worked on getting international attention to the deaths of several young girls caused by female genital…
Celebrating Girls!
Thanks to you we have been able to do more than ever before to help our partners change the lives of thousands of girls around…
TNI helps Kenyan girls break the cycle of FGM
A few weeks ago 78 Kenyan girls were protected from undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM). This was thanks to front line activist Agnes Pareyio and…
Efua Dorkenoo Fund to End FGM
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a severe form of violence against girls and women which includes partial or total removal of the external female…
African women are ending FGM on the front lines
A few years ago I personally witnessed a girl bleed to death after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) here in Kenya. It was a harrowing…
300 girls undergo FGM in Kenya
You may have read reports that 300 girls have just undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in Kuria, Southern Kenya in recent weeks. I have fought for Kenyan…
BBC World Service interviews Agnes Pareyio
BBC World Service travelled to Narok, Kenya to interview Agnes Pareyio, founder of Donor Direct Action partner, Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative (TNI). Agnes is doing incredible…
Work of Kenyan partner Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative is featured by BBC
The BBC video features the rescue center and school run by Donor Direct Action partner Tasaru Ntomonok Iniative (TNI) for girls fleeing their families to escape female genital mutilation or forced marriage in the Maasai community of Kenya.