these girls are going to be forced into Meritus they’re going to be mutilated
Meritus they’re going to be mutilated
Meritus they’re going to be mutilated and I noticed I would say this is a
and I noticed I would say this is a
and I noticed I would say this is a crisis this is a global crisis and
crisis this is a global crisis and
crisis this is a global crisis and something has to happen we work in a
something has to happen we work in a
something has to happen we work in a small Messiah community that is about
small Messiah community that is about
small Messiah community that is about 250 miles away of Nairobi it’s a very
250 miles away of Nairobi it’s a very
250 miles away of Nairobi it’s a very rural in a place like our community the
rural in a place like our community the
rural in a place like our community the girls are just prepared for marriage as
girls are just prepared for marriage as
girls are just prepared for marriage as soon as she starts walking she’s
soon as she starts walking she’s
soon as she starts walking she’s sweeping the house she’s cooking for
sweeping the house she’s cooking for
sweeping the house she’s cooking for people she takes care of other siblings
people she takes care of other siblings
people she takes care of other siblings she’s constantly doing water make her a
she’s constantly doing water make her a
she’s constantly doing water make her a perfect mother and with this expectation
perfect mother and with this expectation
perfect mother and with this expectation at the time that they are they reach
at the time that they are they reach
at the time that they are they reach puberty they are prepared actually for
puberty they are prepared actually for
puberty they are prepared actually for manage the undergo through the female
manage the undergo through the female
manage the undergo through the female genital cutting which is a horrible
genital cutting which is a horrible
genital cutting which is a horrible practice that happens to them and after
practice that happens to them and after
practice that happens to them and after that she’s married
that she’s married
that she’s married the statistic says among the masses over
the statistic says among the masses over
the statistic says among the masses over 90% of girls were under 15 I married
90% of girls were under 15 I married
90% of girls were under 15 I married some of them are even married when
some of them are even married when
some of them are even married when they’re nine years old I grew up in the
they’re nine years old I grew up in the
they’re nine years old I grew up in the community I was engaged when I was five
community I was engaged when I was five
community I was engaged when I was five years old was supposed to be married
years old was supposed to be married
years old was supposed to be married when I was 12 and I went through the
when I was 12 and I went through the
when I was 12 and I went through the female genital cutting I understand what
female genital cutting I understand what
female genital cutting I understand what it is that gas will go through if you
it is that gas will go through if you
it is that gas will go through if you don’t get cut this a stinking mind that
don’t get cut this a stinking mind that
don’t get cut this a stinking mind that stigma sticks with your family your
stigma sticks with your family your
stigma sticks with your family your father and everybody around your family
father and everybody around your family
father and everybody around your family will carry forever so I told my father
will carry forever so I told my father
will carry forever so I told my father if you don’t let me go to school I’ll
if you don’t let me go to school I’ll
if you don’t let me go to school I’ll run away and you remain with the stigma
run away and you remain with the stigma
run away and you remain with the stigma and so he agreed I did go through the
and so he agreed I did go through the
and so he agreed I did go through the hiring and I went to school I knew for
hiring and I went to school I knew for
hiring and I went to school I knew for me that the thing that made a difference
me that the thing that made a difference
me that the thing that made a difference in my life was an education being able
in my life was an education being able
in my life was an education being able to push against all the odds
to push against all the odds
to push against all the odds getting a you know a graduate degree
getting a you know a graduate degree
getting a you know a graduate degree being in school has made a difference
being in school has made a difference
being in school has made a difference for me I’d learned that female genital
for me I’d learned that female genital
for me I’d learned that female genital cutting was outlawed in Kenya I’m
cutting was outlawed in Kenya I’m
cutting was outlawed in Kenya I’m thinking really um because I mean I
thinking really um because I mean I
thinking really um because I mean I didn’t know about it and that just to me
didn’t know about it and that just to me
didn’t know about it and that just to me I knew that Wow
I knew that Wow
I knew that Wow all the guys that are going through what
all the guys that are going through what
all the guys that are going through what you know through that horrible practice
you know through that horrible practice
you know through that horrible practice they should know they should know these
they should know they should know these
they should know they should know these things they knew that the very best
things they knew that the very best
things they knew that the very best thing that I could do for the women for
thing that I could do for the women for
thing that I could do for the women for the girls in the village was to give
the girls in the village was to give
the girls in the village was to give them an education they have the rights
them an education they have the rights
them an education they have the rights to go to school they have the right to
to go to school they have the right to
to go to school they have the right to not be forced into a marriage we have
not be forced into a marriage we have
not be forced into a marriage we have the right not to be mutilated or you
the right not to be mutilated or you
the right not to be mutilated or you know they have the right to be children
know they have the right to be children
know they have the right to be children we started our program by starting a
we started our program by starting a
we started our program by starting a boarding school I knew when you put the
boarding school I knew when you put the
boarding school I knew when you put the girls in a boarding school bye-bye to
girls in a boarding school bye-bye to
girls in a boarding school bye-bye to milking cows in the morning bye-bye to
milking cows in the morning bye-bye to
milking cows in the morning bye-bye to feeding everybody before you go to
feeding everybody before you go to
feeding everybody before you go to school she would just take care of
school she would just take care of
school she would just take care of herself they’re outperforming in the
herself they’re outperforming in the
herself they’re outperforming in the district they’re at the top and people
district they’re at the top and people
district they’re at the top and people for the first time are focusing on the
for the first time are focusing on the
for the first time are focusing on the girls
imagine they have never known that
imagine they have never known that female genital cutting is against the
female genital cutting is against the
female genital cutting is against the law they have never known that there are
law they have never known that there are
law they have never known that there are consequences these laws are not taught
consequences these laws are not taught
consequences these laws are not taught in the schools and the kids don’t know
in the schools and the kids don’t know
in the schools and the kids don’t know about them but now the guys are like wow
about them but now the guys are like wow
about them but now the guys are like wow if this is what is happening I am NOT
if this is what is happening I am NOT
if this is what is happening I am NOT going to go through it and when the
going to go through it and when the
going to go through it and when the phallus is no we help them we will help
phallus is no we help them we will help
phallus is no we help them we will help them go through the system and we ask
them go through the system and we ask
them go through the system and we ask them what are your dreams you know wants
them what are your dreams you know wants
them what are your dreams you know wants to be a doctor wants to be a lawyer and
to be a doctor wants to be a lawyer and
to be a doctor wants to be a lawyer and we ask them so would you be a lawyer if
we ask them so would you be a lawyer if
we ask them so would you be a lawyer if you get married at 12 like now I have to
you get married at 12 like now I have to
you get married at 12 like now I have to keep going in school and this is what
keep going in school and this is what
keep going in school and this is what really is amazing about our trainings
really is amazing about our trainings
really is amazing about our trainings because we know that when you give girls
because we know that when you give girls
because we know that when you give girls information vital information that they
information vital information that they
information vital information that they are not getting anywhere they make the
are not getting anywhere they make the
are not getting anywhere they make the right choices they make the right
right choices they make the right
right choices they make the right decisions we need to tell that we are
decisions we need to tell that we are
decisions we need to tell that we are that your dream is not ending in
that your dream is not ending in
that your dream is not ending in marriage it’s ending in what you want to
marriage it’s ending in what you want to
marriage it’s ending in what you want to become
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