TACKLING FGM: Graduates Awarded

FGM Global Ambassadors Training By Pastor Julia Paul

FGM has been in my heart for many years and especially when I hear the screams from my past life, deep inside my mind. Every scream I ever heard in my village is so present in me whenever I hear FGM. They become so alive such that I want to just fight for the girls and women and prevent them from the scream. Knowing the role of faith leaders in our communities, Mojatu decide to influence the influencer.

At the beginning it was not easy to gather the Faith leaders. We began by first calling every Faith leader explaining to them how women and girls were suffering within our communities and remind them their roles in the community. It was worthwhile bringing the faith leaders on board because majority of them weren’t aware of anything to do with FGM, others believed FGM did not affect their culture, neither did they know how they could combat FGM, But with much talking, sending emails, sending WhatsApp messages and text messages we were finally able to bring on board the first set of Faith leaders from different faith groups and different denominations in Christian circles.

The first Cohort had 29 Faith leaders, then we did 2nd and 3rd Cohorts. We trained 50 Faith leaders and 26 young people who were issued with certificates, as FGM Global ambassadors of change. All those who went through the entire training were given an opportunity to plant a legacy tree in the farm.