Empower Women to Fight HIV and End FGM in Kenya
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Summary
Breaking the Silence trains Indigenous Samburu women and girls to understand and prevent HIV/AIDS and end the harmful practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), also called "female circumcision".
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How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $1,005 was raised for this project.
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Received $1,005 from 18 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
All over Africa, women and girls are contracting HIV/AIDS faster than any other group. A 2005 UNAIDS report revealed that two-thirds of young women (aged 15-24 years) in 24 sub-Saharan countries lack knowledge of HIV transmission, and how it relates to their own lives. Practices like FGM increase a women’s risk of HIV infection even further. MADRE and our partners at IIN and Umoja Uaso Women’s Group are training young women in and around Umoja, Kenya to identify and resist high-risk behavior.
Activities
With your help, young women will learn to demystify and destigmatize HIV/AIDS and FGM—breaking the silence that is killing women and girls—through workshops that relate modes of transmission to their own lives.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,005
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 $1,005. The original project funding goal was $7,500.
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
Lower rates of HIV infection among women and reduce the number of FGM cases in rural Samburu communities; and increase pressure on Kenyan public health officials to offer access to sexual and reproductive health services to Indigenous Kenyan women.
Project Message
"Many women in our community are suffering from HIV/AIDS. We have to help them understand how it is transmitted, so that they can protect themselves."
- Rebecca Lolosoli, Director, Umoja Uaso Women's Group
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 19, 2007.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 08, 2006.
Latest Update from the Field
MADRE HIV/FGM Workshops Replicated in Surrounding Areas
By Vivian Stromberg - Executive Director, MADRE, November 19, 2007 08:41 PM
The workshops funded by MADRE and the Indigenous Information Network, our sister organization in Kenya, have been successful. As detailed in the last project update, during MADRE’s 2006 delegation to Kenya, staff members conducted interactive workshops which focused on education about HIV/AIDS prevention and the dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM). MADRE delegates used a methodology called “Train the Trainer” to ensure replication of lessons learned.
MADRE staff returned from another delegation to Kenya in November 2007, and reports that similar workshops are indeed being replicated in sixteen Samburu communities. Women, men, and teens of both sexes are reported to participate in the classes.
MADRE is pleased to share with Samburu women the educational tools needed to help their families understand more about the issues that affect their lives, and we thank the GlobalGiving community for all that they have contributed to help MADRE carry out this goal.
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