We can change the story of Mandera

For many women in Mandera County, a hard-to-reach, insecure and arid part of North Eastern Kenya, the story of life from childhood to adulthood is one of sheer pain and struggle for survival.

As little girls, they undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a painful carving out of the external genitalia that leaves them with lifelong physical and psychological scars. Most girls will be married off when they are barely into their teens, forcing them to drop out of school, their immature bodies thrust into the world of childbearing.