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Kenya: Tackling FGM, Poverty and Child Marriage in Tharaka Nithi

FGM is common in remote rural areas and in the slums, where poverty and illiteracy is high... Once a girl has undergone FGM, she is regarded as an adult and…

Rural Rwanda: Recovery and Solidarity Through Education

In the post-genocide context, it is vital to go beyond differences... Today’s young parents were 9 or 10 years old when the horrors took place and didn’t get a…

Teaching Sewing Skills to Survivors in Rural DR Congo

COFAPRI is committed to helping women and girls survivors of rape and domestic violence that is rampant in the DRC due to repetitive wars... Co-founder Bahati…

Karamoja: Impact of Climate Change on Grassroots Women and Call for Action

Women are not helpless victims, they are powerful agents of change and their leadership is critical. A gender equality pespective is essential when discussing…

No Education - No Future, Say Women and Children of DRC

"The way you see me here is the way I am every day: no shoes, no food, nothing. I see other children going to school, but me – not. My mother is poor. But I…

DRC's Men of Courage & Peace - Determined to Defend Women's Rights, Despite Arrest

'You are my fathers and I am your son... Think of how to arrest those who rape these women we are serving and not us who serve them.' - COFAPRI coordinator…

Kenya: Grassroots Rescue Centre for the Children of Nairobi's Slums

Schools in the slums require a feeding programme for children, for many can’t sit and listen when hungry... The interval between meals for these children is…

Rural Uganda: Water Collection Exposes Women and Children to Danger

Water collection is a real danger for children targeted for child sacrifice. Women also get raped on occasion when walking in the dark to collect water. Water…
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