Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja

by CFK Africa
Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja
Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja
Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja
Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja
Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja
Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja
Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja
Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja
Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja
Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja
Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja
Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja
Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja
Empowering Girls in Kibera: Binti Pamoja

Project Report | Oct 17, 2018
Binti Pamoja: Invest in Girls. Change the World

By Beth-Ann Kutchma | CFK Interim Director

Providing girls with a safe space in which to express themselves is crucial to helping them escape poverty and leverage economic opportunities across informal settlements like #Kibera. Our Girls' Empowerment program does just that and reached over 3,000 girls last year. 

Across the world, adolescent girls are marginalized and more vulnerable than boys. In addition to struggling with extreme poverty on a daily basis, girls living in Kibera often face tragedies like early marriage, sexual violence, and female genital mutilation. What is more alarming is that less than 1% of girls in Kibera have access to a girls-only space or program.

Giving girls a safe space, both physical and emotional, in which to express themselves is crucial to helping them escape poverty and leverage economic opportunities. Our Binti Pamoja Core Program serves more than 3,000 girls ages 9-20 annually, and helps girls discover their personal leadership and build confidence. Using arts activities like photography, drama and dance, the program mentors and empowers girls with sexual and reproductive health educatoin, and other critical training and life skills.

Learn more about the Binti Pamoja program.

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CFK Africa

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina - USA
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Project Leader:
Beth-Ann Kutchma
Chapel Hill , NORTH CAROLINA United States

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