Emily McDarby
Emily's volunteer trip to Kenya
Fundraising for Team Kenya
Story
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What is Team Kenya doing?
One of the saddest tragedies faced by women and girls in this world is that they are often pushed into violent and abusive relationships. This is worse when their own communities are not safe for them.
In rural Kenya this can be common as girls face issues such as early marriage, unwanted pregnancies and deep levels of poverty. Often parents are forced to make difficult choices due to this poverty and so they are forced to marry their daughter (in return for a payment) in order to feed the rest of their family.
However, families are often the site of abuse, violence and harm and sometimes schools can be the same. Girls in Kenya stand at risk of factors such as female genital mutilation, rape and domestic abuse and we want to stop this by educating boys in these rural areas. Team Kenya have set up a project which is doing this, by getting boys together to talk about the harms of using violence so we can make a safer world for girls and women to live in.
What does Team Kenya's project involve?
Community education and training about girls rights, Gender Based Violence (GBV) and the barriers to girls education.
Teaching and learning resources provided to schools about the importance of gender equality.
Training in children’s and girls’ right provided for teachers & parents.
Advocacy Centre for Girls’ Rights in the heart of the community.
Research into the root causes of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Ndhiwa.
Partnership with the local children’s office and the police to deal with cases of sexual abuse of girls in the community.
Action taken against sexual violence against girls or women and girls and their families supported to take legal action.
Why do this?
It’s all very well getting girls in school, but what is the point if their community doesn’t support them or isn’t safe for them? Ndhiwa is very remote and rural and sadly many harmful practices such as child marriage, Gender Based Violence (GBV) and sexual exploitation of girls is widespread.
We need to work closely with the whole community to ensure boys and girls are safe and secure and have the best chance they can to end their cycle of poverty. We need to promote the rights of the child and raise awareness to remove the barriers girls face in school and the community, and change attitudes.
We need to support and work with the local government social services, children’s offices and education offices to improve the quality of education in schools, fill the gaps in provision and uphold the law.
Where do I come into this?
I am part of a small group that is going to rural Kenya, on behalf of Team Kenya, in order to help to change this situation by researching and evaluating how effective the project set up by Team Kenya actually is.
By helping Team Kenya to research the success of their gender based violence project, we can ensure that girls and women will live in a safer world in the future.
How much do I need to raise?
I hope that you can help me to raise my total of £550. I already have my plane ticket and I am about to get my visa, I just now need to fundraise for the donation to go toward Team Kenya's project.
Where will your money go?
Your money will go to the following areas:
To pay for local people to run eco-cottages which I will be staying in. Often these are local women so your contribution will go toward their salary. We need more women to work their way out of poverty and this is one way of doing so;
To pay for the upkeep of the gender based violence project so we can continue to educate boys about the harms of violence to girls and women in rural Kenya;
To contribute to the excellent work of Team Kenya.
I do not gain any of this money personally. It all goes directly to the Team Kenya which is a small charity mainly run by volunteers and which has only one paid worker. Charities like this make a huge difference on the ground.
Interested in what Team Kenya do?
Check out their website:
https://www.teamkenya.org.uk/
Watch their video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rc0RSECRcE#action=share
I want to say a huge thank you to all who donate. You are helping me to make a difference in the only way in which I know how to, by bringing my skills as a researcher to better the work of Team Kenya.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
What is Team Kenya doing?
One of the saddest tragedies faced by women and girls in this world is that they are often pushed into violent and abusive relationships. This is worse when their own communities are not safe for them.
In rural Kenya this can be common as girls face issues such as early marriage, unwanted pregnancies and deep levels of poverty. Often parents are forced to make difficult choices due to this poverty and so they are forced to marry their daughter (in return for a payment) in order to feed the rest of their family.
However, families are often the site of abuse, violence and harm and sometimes schools can be the same. Girls in Kenya stand at risk of factors such as female genital mutilation, rape and domestic abuse and we want to stop this by educating boys in these rural areas. Team Kenya have set up a project which is doing this, by getting boys together to talk about the harms of using violence so we can make a safer world for girls and women to live in.
What does Team Kenya's project involve?
Community education and training about girls rights, Gender Based Violence (GBV) and the barriers to girls education.
Teaching and learning resources provided to schools about the importance of gender equality.
Training in children’s and girls’ right provided for teachers & parents.
Advocacy Centre for Girls’ Rights in the heart of the community.
Research into the root causes of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Ndhiwa.
Partnership with the local children’s office and the police to deal with cases of sexual abuse of girls in the community.
Action taken against sexual violence against girls or women and girls and their families supported to take legal action.
Why do this?
It’s all very well getting girls in school, but what is the point if their community doesn’t support them or isn’t safe for them? Ndhiwa is very remote and rural and sadly many harmful practices such as child marriage, Gender Based Violence (GBV) and sexual exploitation of girls is widespread.
We need to work closely with the whole community to ensure boys and girls are safe and secure and have the best chance they can to end their cycle of poverty. We need to promote the rights of the child and raise awareness to remove the barriers girls face in school and the community, and change attitudes.
We need to support and work with the local government social services, children’s offices and education offices to improve the quality of education in schools, fill the gaps in provision and uphold the law.
Where do I come into this?
I am part of a small group that is going to rural Kenya, on behalf of Team Kenya, in order to help to change this situation by researching and evaluating how effective the project set up by Team Kenya actually is.
By helping Team Kenya to research the success of their gender based violence project, we can ensure that girls and women will live in a safer world in the future.
How much do I need to raise?
I hope that you can help me to raise my total of £550. I already have my plane ticket and I am about to get my visa, I just now need to fundraise for the donation to go toward Team Kenya's project.
Where will your money go?
Your money will go to the following areas:
To pay for local people to run eco-cottages which I will be staying in. Often these are local women so your contribution will go toward their salary. We need more women to work their way out of poverty and this is one way of doing so;
To pay for the upkeep of the gender based violence project so we can continue to educate boys about the harms of violence to girls and women in rural Kenya;
To contribute to the excellent work of Team Kenya.
I do not gain any of this money personally. It all goes directly to the Team Kenya which is a small charity mainly run by volunteers and which has only one paid worker. Charities like this make a huge difference on the ground.
Interested in what Team Kenya do?
Check out their website:
https://www.teamkenya.org.uk/
Watch their video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rc0RSECRcE#action=share
I want to say a huge thank you to all who donate. You are helping me to make a difference in the only way in which I know how to, by bringing my skills as a researcher to better the work of Team Kenya.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.