Rescue Maasai Girls from Female Genital Mutilation
Organization information
Global Roots
Location: Portland, United States of America
Summary
Despite laws attempting to prevent it, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) remains a prevalent cultural practice among the Maasai in Kenya. Global Roots is helping to change this by conducting FGM "sensitization" outreach across the Maasai Mara and TransMara regions. We also operate a safe house that temporarily shelters threatened girls so that we can find them a safe boarding school or a relative who will contractually agree not to practice this horrific human rights crime.
Project locations
Kenya