Dismantling cycles of harm against children
Cultivating flourishing futures
Flourish Kenya is an international community partnership that is ERADICATING
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Child Marriage &
Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
through
SRH Education, Crisis Intervention, and Community Advocacy.
CYCLES OF HARM
DIRE CONSEQUENCES
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
73% of Maasai girls are survivors of FGM.
Cutting is a human rights violation and act of violence against children.
FGM is a cultural signal that a girl is eligible to be married in exchange for payment in the form of a dowry. This motivates families living in poverty to commit this crime as a means to an end.
Forced
Child Marriage
28% of Maasai girls are forced to be married in exchange for a dowry before they reach the age of 18.
Forced child marriage in exchange for payment by the dowry system is child trafficking that often results in further GBV and adolescent pregnancy.
Adolescent
Pregancy
28% of all girls in Narok County experienced their first pregnancy between the ages of 15 and 19.
Teen pregnancy has devastating impacts on a girl’s dignity, agency, and potential— loss of education, health complications, homelessness, abuse, and transactional sex acts for survival, to only name a few.
Gender-Based
Violence (GBV)
FGM and forced child marriage are illegal in Kenya and are considered acts of GBV.
Even between married people, forced sex acts are also considered GBV.
Tragic levels of unreported cases of GBV render accurate data unatainable.
COMMUNITY-LED PROGRAMS
Our program is active in 50 upper primary and secondary schools in Narok County.
Flourish Kenya’s staff facilitates engaging and interactive sessions that cover the 12 extensive modules in our custom, holistic Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Education Curriculum is culturally appropriate and combines science with Biblical Truth.
Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Educaton
Crisis Intervention
Rescue services for children in danger of violent or harmful acts are centered on rehabilitative care and reintegration in accordance with best practices and Kenyan law.
Our vulnerable student sponsorship program is a key method of intervention. Preservation of education for children is a safeguard against harmful cultural practices.
Community Advocacy
Consistent presence paired with patient conversations and respectful education about the dangers of FGM and child marriage shapes how families and communities see and treat children.
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
Psalm 92:12-13 NIV
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