By Amy Maglio | Founder and Executive Director
Thank you for your support of Women's Global Education Project and our Sisters-to-School Kenya program! Your generous support of our work in rural Kenya helps break down the multiple and complex barriers that exist in those communities to keep girls from going to school.
One such program is our annual “Circumcision With Words” Alternative Rite of Passage (ARP) program which combats female genital mutilation in rural Tharaka. Last December, your support allowed 250 more girls to participate in the ARP for a week of health and empowerment workshops ending with a big community celebration and cake-cutting. At the community's request, this year's program also included 32 boys, who discussed safe male circumcision topics and publicly supported their sisters, cousins and friends in standing up against FGM.
The ARP is a community-led initiative that works with girls, families and community leaders to provide an alternative way to celebrate a girl's coming into womanhood without genital cutting. Additionally, we have found that girls who didn’t undergo genital cutting stayed in school longer, as they did not face the same pressure to marry early and start a family after being cut.
More than 1,000 girls have said No! to FGM since WGEP started working against the practice with our partners Tharaka Women's Welfare Project in 2007. Thank you again for supporting us in this life-changing work!
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