Protect Girls from FGM in Tanzania

Hope for Girls and Women in Tanzania runs two safe houses in Serengeti and Butiama Districts to protect survivors from gender-based violence. We also conduct community outreach in five districts; Serengeti, Butiama, Tarime, Rorya and Bunda but receive girls from different regions in the country.

• In the month of September, we started with the number of 101 survivors as shown in the table above.
• Admission was 2 girls making a total number of 102 survivors.
• We succeeded to reconcile with 5 families such as; 2 girls of fgm cases, 1 child marriage and 2 battery cases reducing the number from 102 to 97 girls at Mugumu Safe House, Serengeti District.

• Butiama Safe House, started the month of September with the total number of 62 survivors as shown in the table above.
• We admit 1 girl of FGM case.
• We managed to reconciliation with 1 family of battery case reducing the number to 63 girls to 62 survivors at Kiabakari Safe House, Butiama District.

During this month, in cooperation with social welfare and Police Gender desk we managed to admit 3 new girls with FGM and battery cases. The 2 girls were rescued from Rung ‘bore and Kebancha Village at Serengeti District while 1 girl came from Bunda district, she had completed grade 7 education and was scared of going back home since she was prepared to be cut immediately after closing. She went to her friend’s house and later the parent reported the case to the social welfare and the girl was taken and brought to the safe house.

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