E2 Having mentors in the anti FGM campaign, with Ruth Jepchumba
Narrowly escaping FGM, Ruth sought to help girls who are at risk and those who have undergone the harmful cultural practice in Marakwet.
E1 Engaging men in the fight against FGM, with Tony Mwebia
Tony began shaping conversations around engaging men in ending FGM. "Men play a crucial role in ending FGM," he says. "In many communities I have been to, men hold the gavel to the ending of the practice."
FGM Facts
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or any other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.…
Remembering Jelida
Njuri Ncheke will unveil a memorial stone at their headquarters in Laare, Meru county.
Cut the demand for cut girls by engaging men in FGM fight
The more effort is put on the number of men sensitized (P), the less the demand of cut girls (Q), and also less men want to cut their girls. In a typical supply/demand situation in a free market, lack of demand automatically kills the supply. If men are willing to marry uncut girls, FGM will end faster!
FGM Killed Jelida
JELIDA, a 14-year-old, took her last breathe battling a sacred wound she was forced to acquire. Jelida ailed, was forced to bear the pain, and shame. ‘Shame’ which she did…
Maralal, don’t say you were not told!
I peep from the rough tank in Ng'ari, overlooking the dust-choking town of Maralal, enjoying the aroma of lost coins... the aroma of laxating khat from the wet side of Lowua Keri. I widen my nostrils to clear my gut of another morsel of lies and feigned loyalty. I light my pipe and shove some ash... a piece to my ancestors... and make a dash to dodge the fiery rage from the men that ate.
If I were to save the Maa culture
I would sit down the observers of the moon and clouds, and consolidate the scientific knowledge of the revolution of the earth with their wisdom on weather and stars...
A sad day in Maralal
Last Sunday, I was in Maralal, a town I have seen so many, seemingly, or truly, crazy people. One shines my shoe and for the shining cream, applies a white…
Kajiado does not need a university
This savior mentality, "doing for our people," instead of supporting our people in what they are already doing is going to drag pastoralists behind, give them a development gap bigger than how New York has left Kondele village.
The Maasai of this generation and why I refuse to praise him
The Maasai of this generation does not explore… he does not go out of his comfort zone… being born in Olkejuodo, schooling in Olkejuodo, Marrying in Olkejuodo, Dying in Olkejuodo and being buried in Olkejuodo, next to their forefathers… as they would like to imagine… forgetting that their forefathers were wrapped up in skins and laid to rest outside their homes, which varied from place to place.
The End FGM Podcast (Introduction)
This podcast features people working in individual and organizational capacities in Kenya and beyond. They share their experiences, successes, failures and lessons learnt in the Anti FGM Campaign. About the…