By Trizah Waiyaki | Operations and Development Director
They say information is power and when it comes to sexual violence prevention, this statement rings true. The shadow pandemic of increased gender based violence is still lurking and this has had severely adverse effects the world over. In Kenya, over 30,000 teenage pregnancies have been reported during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic which a majority of the cases being a result of sexual violence. The young women in our Malkia program have shared their concerns and fears brought about by this shadow pandemic.
In the month of August, we rallied these young women and together distributed over 500 violence prevention resource cards in their communities. This provided young women with information on how to identify sexual violence, how to prevent it and how to respond to it. We also got an opportunity to respond to questions about violence prevention and to counsel with those that really needed it.
We thank our donors for their generosity that made it possible for us to print and distribute these resource cards contributing to the building of a violence free world!
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