Participants march during an anti-female genital mutilation awareness campaign. The World Health Organization on Monday released its first-ever guidelines on how medical professionals should treat victims of female genital mutilation. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The Netherlands, Danish, French and the US governments together with The Nature Conservancy have provided funds for the ambitious programme.
The move follows a declaration by elders in a two-day meeting at Kisima Primary School that FGM must be practiced at all times so as to help preserve the Samburu culture.
About 200 girls and babies have been rescued from female genital mutilation and arranged marriages.
The new anti-FGM campaign is aimed at increasing the enrolment of girls in schools by closely working with community leaders to end harmful cultural practices.
Three foreign governments have partnered with two non-governmental organisations in the fight against female genital mutilation (FGM) in Samburu County, days after elders expressed support for the prohibited practice.
The Dutch, Danish, French and the US governments, together with a US-based pro-wildlife conservation lobby, the Nature Conservancy, have provided funds for the ambitious programme.
