Rescuing Young Brides in Kenya

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Summary

The Bride Rescue Project rescues young girls from harmful cultural practices and provides them with education and shelter at the AIC Girls Primary School. progress reportread updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,500 was raised for this project.

Received $2,500 from 39 donations from people like:

Donna
Suzanne Cloutier
Charlene
Murali
Rakesh
(Anon.)

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Masaai women living in the Kaiado district of Kenya are massively illiterate. Many girls who enroll in lower primary never stay to complete primary education and therefore secondary education becomes a dream not realized. Cultural prejudices and outmoded practices work against the girl-child due to challenges such as: female genital mutilation, forced early marriages, early pregnancies, domestic work-loads.

Activities

First and foremost, the girls are educated. They are also taught to express emotions through song and skits—activities that build self-esteem and confidence. Finally, the school works with the students and families to reconcile their differences.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $2,500

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $2,500.  The original project funding goal was $2,500.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Educating young women and developing their self-esteem and self-sufficiency. Assisting young women forced into early marriage to reunite with their families and to encourage mutual understanding.

Project Message

With education comes empowerment. The more women are educated, the more they will be able to make informed decisions, socially and economically.
- Mrs. Priscilla Nangurai, Headmistress of the AIC Girls Primary School

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Mary LaPorte,

International Partners in Mission
3091 Mayfield Road, Suite 320
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
United States
216.932.4082
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

International Partners In Mission (IPM) Logo International Partners In Mission (IPM)
International Partners in Mission
3091 Mayfield Road, Suite 320
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118-1732
United States
216.932.4082
http://www.ipm-connections.org

Learn more about International Partners In Mission (IPM) and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Women and Girls.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 12, 2006.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 07, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Recent Project Update

By Sonya Dias - Director of Programs & Partnerships, October 06, 2006 10:25 AM

The project works at the community level to educate local leaders as well as parents about the dangers of early marriage. Last year, 32 parents and local leaders attended community meetings on the topic. Furthermore, almost 100 girls from the Kajiado community were able to attend workshops on women’s health issues and receive guidance counseling. With IPM funding, the school is able to provide these services as well as pay room and board fees for six rescued girls per year.

IPM has begun taking delegations of visitors to its projects, and after a recent visit to Kajiado, Mrs. Nangurai said “I have found the idea of IPM visiting their projects very useful, especially when you bring along students from the U.S. The girls get motivated and encouraged. It is also a chance for those visiting from the U.S. to learn the hardships that others go through so that they realize how lucky they are – to learn not to take things for granted.”

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