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Rescuing 100 girls from early marriages in Kenya

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Summary

This project provides 100 girls and their babies rescued from early marriages, with healthcare, education, vocational training and psycho-social support in rural Kenya. project reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

This project is addressing early marriages in North Rift Kenya by offering healthcare, education, vocational training and psycho-social support. This will restore their hope, livelihoods and reignite their shattered dreams

Activities

If we provide education scholarships, we will be able to reduce illiteracy .If we provide healthcare, we will restore good health.Vocational training will enable them to be self reliant. Psycho-social support will heal trauma and apathy

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,427
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $31,223
Total Funding Goal: $32,650

Additional Documentation

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

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This project will educate and offer vocational training opportunities to 100 girls enabling them to pursue their goals in life. Advocacy will reduce early marriages and child abuse cases

Project Message

I had lost hope of ever continuing with studies after being forced into marriage at my age of 12 years, until Juhudi Children in Crisis organization came to my rescue
- Metrine Nafula., Beneficiary

Who is Running This Project

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Eliud Akanga
Employee
P.O. Box 2511, 30200
KITALE,
Kenya
+254 722 312 898
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Project Sponsor

Gichuki Francis

Organization

Juhudi Children in Crisis
P.O BOX 266
KITALE, Rift Valley 30200
Kenya
+254 722 312 898

Learn more about Juhudi Children in Crisis and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

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This project is located in KenyaKenya and can also be found under EducationEducation.

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 December 24, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 25, 2008

Latest Update from the Field

Season's greetings

By Eliud Akanga - Sustainability Director, December 24, 2009 10:17 AM

Season’s Greetings from Juhudi


We the entire fraternity of Board of Directors, Management, Project Leaders, Volunteers and the Beneficiaries at Juhudi wish to extend our Christmas and New Year greetings to all our sponsors, well wishers and donors all over the world during this significant season.

We wish to sincerely thank all those who have supported us over the years and more so during this challenging year that is drawing to a close. We profoundly thank you for having made a positive difference in the girls’ lives, and look forward to continued support of our projects in the coming year. Each individual contribution however small pooled together with another to make valuable involvement.

We at Juhudi wish you all the best as you usher in 2010 and may you have the most excellent returns for all your endeavors.



Eliud Akanga
Director of Sustainability

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