With mandatory quarantine being in place for months now, disparities between how the pandemic is affecting people of different race, gender and class have never been more apparent.
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world, women and girls have been exposed to more vulnerabilities that are being exacerbated by the crisis.
At Freely in Hope, we are responding to the socioeconomic impact by being attentive to the needs of our community and pursuing our mission of ending sexual violence in all the ways we can.
Great leadership draws from conviction, and effective advocacy draws from understanding our community’s needs.
How you respond as an advocate can be critical in shaping the healing process for a survivor.
For so long, the girl child has been abandoned. Withholding education from the young girl has caused her to be seen as an inferior being,
Our team in Kenya held an interactive workshop on Turning Tables: Leadership that empowers the team to propel the dream! We created and strengthened models for leadership that would disseminate change across communities and we also developed value systems for community-led initiatives.
We have laughed at the crazy activities and jokes that were part of the lesson, cried when we needed to, became angry at the realities of injustice, and spoke up to voice our opinion.
Since its inception in 2018, we have been able to reach over 3,000 students in 10 different schools in Kibera, East Africa’s largest slum.
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