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Child marriages, FGM reduced drastically in Samburu, thanks to boychild empowerment

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Teresa Nduku who heads Mary Immaculate Rescue Centre in Suguta MarMar, Samburu County. [Mate Tongola, Standard]

The war on child marriages and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Samburu County is gaining momentum thanks to an improvised initiative where the boy child has been empowered to help contain the situation by saving their sisters who have been victims for decades.

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