As we raise awareness and proceed with great hope for every girl child, let us not forget the 40% of girls in Transmara who will or have already begun bearing children before entering secondary or becoming a candidate for the KCSE. Let us remember the girls who have no say in what happens to them— their bodies or their futures.

Grow in awareness with us today, the International Day of the African Child. Flourish Kenya is working primarily to end the teen pregnancy epidemic in rural Kenya, demanding a secondary focus on ending FGM and child marriage.