Keeping Children Safe: Teaching about Child Abuse Prevention and Response

A photo taken from above as several young african children draw with crayons on individual papers.

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Country: Kenya 🇰🇪

Launch date: 2011

Focus Area: Fostering agency in young people

Stage: Late Stage

Summary

According to Rainn, every 9 minutes, a child is raped.  As a survivor of child sexual abuse, I was inspired to create a program where youth survivor leaders like me educate children ages 4-17 on body autonomy, signs of sexual abuse, and how they can report an incident to someone they trust.  We also facilitate workshops for parents and caregivers to empower them with the tools and resources on how they can sustain these lessons in their homes to reduce cases of child sexual abuse in Kenya.

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