Highlights of 2017

2017 Transformative Highlights

This was truly the year of transformation for us.
Take a look at everything that you helped us accomplish this year!

16 women in prostitution learned about sexual health, parenting, micro-business, and trauma healing in Nairobi.

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12 children practiced their literacy skills in our program that prevents child abuse which often occurs during school holidays.

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220 students in Machakos learned about how they can prevent sexual violence through our new high school curriculum that will impact even more students next year!

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21 girls learned how to value their body through growing in confidence and self worth in Lusaka.

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7 Freely in Hope survivor-leaders practiced their leadership skills by sharing their stories of hope, facilitating discussions, and leading sessions with hundreds of students in Nairobi.

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12 Freely in Hope scholars came from all over Zambia and Kenya to learn, grow, and heal together at our retreats this year. Nikole’s family joined us too!

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1,200+ people were directly reached through our survivor-led programs that end sexual violence across Kenya, Zambia, and South Africa.

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How FIH Is Strengthening the Ecosystem of Care for Survivors in Kenya

Kenya’s fight against sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is far from over. Poverty, harmful cultural practices, lack of GBV awareness, lack of access to justice among others perpetuate violence in many Kenyan communities. In addition to that, survivors when seeking for help face stigma, fear and trauma not only from the violence itself but also from systems that are meant to provide protection, support and justice. Instead, the systems end up silencing them. As a result, it makes their healing difficult and the violence hidden.

Partnering with Together Women Rise to Expand Survivor-Led Child Protection in Kenya

We are proud to announce a new partnership between Freely in Hope and Together Women Rise, a global community of women and allies advancing gender equality worldwide in the Global South.
Through this partnership, Together Women Rise is investing $50,000 over two years to support the expansion of Pendo’s Power, Freely in Hope’s trauma-informed, play-based program designed to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse in under-resourced communities.

How Maryanne’s Story Became Her Strength

The weight of my community’s silence was heavy. Growing up, I didn’t just witness violence; I lived in its shadow, watching as systems and customs quietly expected women to remain small, silenced, and in servitude. I saw women I admired trapped in cycles of abuse, their dignity chipped away until their dreams seemed impossible.

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