By Edith Murogo | Project leader
This is a progress report from Talia Agler Girls Shelter (TAGS), a safe haven for trafficked and abused girls in Kenya. From January 2013 to May 2013 the TAGS has benefited 33 girls and 21 of them being new cases. We have provided them with, literacy classes, home management skills, life skills, medical services, counseling, and formal education and where possible family reunion. We are very grateful for the support you have given these girls, which has enabled them to be empowered and in future be productive members of society.
Summary of girls assisted:
In this report we wish to share with you the success story of one of our beneficiaries: Mary (not her real name)
”My name is Mary from Ethiopia, and I am 16 years old. I was brought to Kenya by a lady who promised me education, but I became a domestic laborer. My day started at 2:00 am to pick khat “miraa”, milk the cows and supply the milk to local hotels. The lady I lived with would beat me and call me names. When she went to visit her husband in another town, she locked me in the house for days until she returned. One day I decided to runaway and seek help in a neighbor’s house. Then the neighbor took me to the area chief. I stayed in the police cell for three weeks while I waited for assistance. I was then referred to Talia Agler Girls Shelter (TAGS). At TAGS I have been able to go to Bahati North Primary School, and I am performing very well in class seven. I am happy that I can achieve my dreams.”
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