Educate & Empower 1200 Girls in the Nairobi Slums

“I felt strong grips on my legs, No sooner than I realized what was going on, a sharp pain consumed my belly. I couldn’t scream my mouth was covered by my father’s own hands .I didn’t want to believe seeing the sharpness of his eyes sinking into mine”

I reached to my grandmother the next day but she told me when I talk about it will be a shame to our family. What followed was rape after rape nights. My sister who is 12 years old was not spared either. My brothers 9 and 11 years had to come to terms with sodomy too. Our mother had passed on few years back.

“We felt our lives hanged somewhere between the captivity and freedom. We were in dilemma. On one hand we needed him in our lives for protection and provision of food and clothing and escape from the cultural tag of being bastards but on the other hand the only person who could provide that package turned our sleeping rooms into torture chambers. I disclosed the nightmare to safe spaces when I discovered that I was pregnant. I regret it had to take this long, I just didn’t know who to share with.”

Lillian

Many girls go through these ordeals every day in our community. Many girls need spaces   where they can get help and support and skills to counter such incidents In their lives. Education is Key but should be combined with flavor in sports, music, Dance, artistic expressions to make it wholistic.1200 girls have benefited from Safe spaces programs since its inception in 2008.Building on diverse life skills and creating a platform for self-knowledge and expression has helped the girls to pick the paintbrushes and paint their world of tomorrow.

This has happened because of your love and support. Let keep walking together to make a difference in girls lives like Lillian.