Child brides should actually be a relic of times long past, and yet it is still quite normal in many countries around the world today for children to be married to older men against their will. Some of these girls are under 10 years old! The reasons for this are the same in many places. On the one hand there are economic reasons, because the daughters are often sold to the groom by their own families at a high price. The price increases the lower the age. Unfortunately, it is also often the case that the affected families are too poor to feed all their children adequately, and it is precisely in these poor countries that children are blessed because either religious reasons or the economic situation speak against the use of contraceptives.
We became aware of and got in touch with a remarkable woman in Kenya who is a Maasai herself, also studied education and is now a senior civil servant (Educational Officer) with the Kenyan TSC, which is similar to our Ministry of Education and Youth Welfare Office . Her Name is Josephine Nyaboke Mairura (CSO).
One of Josephine’s tasks is to investigate in the Maasai Mara area to find such marriages with underage girls and to get the child brides out there – often with police protection. It is not uncommon for the girls to resist themselves because they believe that they and their families will then no longer be able to take care of themselves, which theoretically corresponds to the facts. Josephine and her authorities do their best to ensure that the children are accommodated and receive a good school education so that they can later stand on their own two feet, but unfortunately the available budget is the biggest problem here and makes this actually optimal strategy somewhat difficult .
And this is where we at HELPVETICA would like to start and support such girls so that they can graduate from school and later also get an apprenticeship or a place at university. With your donations and the help of our sponsors, we can make this possible for some of these abused girls and help them overcome this trauma as well. PLEASE HELP WITH A DONATION!
Thank you very much !
