Maasai community resilience ANTI FGM project

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Olgulului Sunday School performances during church against Female Genital Mutilation(FGM) activity in Kajiado County.

PROJECT

Maasai community resilience ANTI FGM project

The target area for this project is Olgulului, Kajiado South Constituency. The targeted groups are girls aged 5- 18 years, boys aged 5-18 years, men - young warriors and household heads, women - married and non-married women.

Campaigns on ANTI-FGM

Reduction in FGM and related practices

Challenges faced in the fight against FGM

  • Cross-border FGM is still a major challenge in the fight against FGM
  • Severe droughts derailed the implementation of activities as a majority of target groups moved to
    areas of greener pastures making follow-up an uphill task.
  • We did not conduct activities as planned due to changing political and social trends that affected
    implementation of activities

Achievements

  • Reduction in FGM and related practices
  • 7 out 0f 10 girls rescued from child marriages have gone back to school
  • Reached more than 500 community members who attended the ARP among them being pastors, cultural elders, chiefs, Nyumba Kumi, female circumcisers and teachers.
  • 95 morans, 2 Chiefs, 15 cultural elders and 5 Nyumba Kumi elders participated in this activity
  • 15 Teachers promised to become more active participants in schools rights clubs in regards to anti- FGM initiatives
  • 1,200 sanitary towels distributed to 2 primary schools
  • Scholastic materials distributed to two ECD centres
  • 300 girls of menstrual age taught on proper menstrual hygiene practices
  • 300 girls in primary school and 136 (69 girls and 67 boys) ECD children engaged in anti FGM talks.
  • 7 of the rescued children were re-united with their families, made peace and they agreed not to marry them off again and were enrolled to schools
  • Increase in child enrolment and retention in Eluai-Nalepo primary school as they can now prepare meals in school as they got relief food from well-wishers after hearing they had no water.
  • Follow up in villages we provided water became easy as people settled in those communities hence making anti FGM interventions possible.
  • Reduction in domestic and wild animals’ death due to lack of water
  • Reduction in school drop outs as children do not have to miss school in search of water
  • Reduction of child pregnancies and marriages instigated by lack of water as girls no longer move in search of water hence, Morans do not lure them along the long ways in search of water
  • Water and the provision of sanitary towels also made Menstrual hygiene possible as women and girls can now keep clean during that time of the month, hence reducing menstrual related infections.

Our Contacts

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Working hours

Monday- Friday:8:00 AM-17:00 PM
(Phone until 17:00 PM)

Contact Info

FPFK Headquarters; Kindaruma Road, Off Menelik Rd,P.O. Box 47469 – 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone:+254-20-3870126
Fax:+(020) 3874596
Email: hoffice@fpfk.or.ke or info@fpfk.or.ke