Breaking the cycle of gender violence
Create awareness human rights in Africa
Summary
The project equips local leaders with adequate information to enable them collaborate with marginalized peasant women in opening up discussion on gender violence and offering abused women safe haven.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
In Kenya, over 48% of women have experienced some form of violence in their lifetime, 25% of 12-24 year olds lost their virginity by force while over 60% of victims did not report to anyone. The project will strengthen gender violence victims' resolve to break the silence, offer medicolegal care and trauma counseling. It will tap talents, resources and skills of community gatekeepers and increase their collective power in dismantling cultural attitudes that subject women to violence.
Activities
We will offer medicolegal and counseling care to victims, rebuild their self-esteem and build their individual capacity to intervene in identifying workable solutions. Creating space for discussion will ensure men are involved in abolishing the norm
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $6,390
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $38,610
Total Funding Goal: $45,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project will incorporate the support of community gatekeepers in addressing the denial surrounding violence by creating access points within the community that enhance members' ability to find help and connect to social networks.
Project Message
"Dad said it was OK to beat a girl. My peers sided with him. I changed my mind when my baby sister was gang raped and left for dead. She is now HIV+. I believe this project will change how men think."
- Sebastian Okere, Beneficiary of a "Man2Man Empowerment" training
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Stella Amojong
Program Coordinator
OLOO STREET, 64 ARCADE, 1st Floor
P.O BOX 630
ELDORET, RIFT VALLEY PROV, 30100
Kenya
+254-734-970939
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Grassroots Empowerment Initiative (GEMINI)
Market Street Siro House, 2nd Flr, Room 207
ELDORET,
RIFT VALLEY PROVINCE
P.O Box 14
Kenya
+254-720-8446605
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in
Kenya
and can also be found under
Human Rights.
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 November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 16, 2007
Latest Update from the Field
Special appeal
By Stella Amojong - Director, October 22, 2009 01:46 PM
I take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for your continued support throughout this year. With your donations, we have been able to strengthen community involvement in discussing gender-based violence and opening up space for dialogue between spouses.
With your support, we have been able to engage at-risk families, providing trauma counseling, outreach campaign and psychosocial integration.
Last month, we were able to conduct house-to-house sessions that equipped abused women with self-confidence skills and linked them with faith-based initiatives and generally bridged the gap for increased communication between local initiatives that campaign against gender-based violence.
“I know its going to be a long journey but am convinced with such a start, we will eventually break the barriers that make violence acceptable,” says Ruth, a participant in the healing sessions.
I’m personally writing to thank you profusely for your previous support. No matter the size of your donation, we are so grateful for your continued support.
As the festive seasons approach, we are worried that cases of domestic violence might increase and jeopardize all the progress we had achieved. With your support, we will strengthen our outreach campaign and increase community participation that will prevent further domestic abuse.
Once again, thank you so much for your continuous vote of confidence and keep up those comments!
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