Violence against women and girls remains one of the least prosecuted and punished crimes in the world. It is “still so deeply embedded in cultures around the world that it is almost invisible,” says the UN, describing it as “a construct of power and a means of maintaining the status-quo”. Click here to read more
My name is Esther Musavi. I am a single mother and a guardian living in Kibera Slums. I grew up in my grandparents’ hands because my mother was unable to accommodate us since she could not afford to pay rent. I was sickly most of my childhood. My grandmother took me up-country when they thought […]
Grace (not her real name) was born and brought up in Homa Bay. She is a mother of six children. She grew up in a Polygamous family with her mother being the second wife. Her father favoured the first wife putting so much pressure on her at a tender age. In a short while she […]
Ann was brought up in Kisumu county. At around 14-17 years, she faced troubles. Her parents became sick and she had to take long breaks from school to take care of them. Unfortunately, she soon became orphaned and this was the start of her nightmares. She was taken in, in what at the start seemed […]
I am Jane Iskah Oyora, a second Born in a family of 16. Being in a large and polygamous family, my parents could not afford my school fees since they never had reliable income. At the age 12 while in class six, one of my Aunts took me in to live with her and saw me […]
This is a story of hope, a story of Jennifer (not her real name). She was born in Mombasa, the coastal side of Kenya. She grew up with sickly parents, most especially her mother who was always in and out of hospital. Being the fourth born in a family of 5 was not easy as […]