Widows Project in Siaya County
As a result of FPFK and partnerships, Widows in Luo community are living in freedom from all forms of retrogressive widowhood beliefs and practices in Siaya County;” is the projects overall impact.
Although the project’s direct target participants are widows, it still by extension targets the girl child as the project has no limit to how young a widow should be to be listed as a participant; and of course in addition to the fact that the girl child today is tomorrow’s potential widow, the retrogressive traditional practices awaits even the young girls in the future should nothing be done to change the way women in Siaya county are treated when their husbands pass on. The maximum age limit however is set 45 years old.
The projects other outcomes and how they impact the girl child are as demonstrated below;
Advocate Grace facilitating a session during the local administrators’ sensitization forum in Ukwala