Nice Place Foundation provides temporary shelter for young girls escaping FGC or early and forced marriage. The girls receive immediate shelter, food and the necessary emotional and medical support.
The number of girls at risk is overwhelmingly high (Kenya National Adolescent and Youth Survey-Kajiado County 2017), so we expedite our temporary intake in close cooperation with local authorities and professionals and actively explore ways of reconciling the girls with their families.
While at the Rescue Centre, the girls can go to school and access any other support they may require to realise their dreams. They also have access to health care and are taught life skills, prioritising their emotional, personal, and artistic development.
Needling, agriculture, coding, writing workshops, and blue-collar skills like plumbing, carpentry, and electrical training, amongst others, are offered as extracurriculars.
NPF is a catalyst in the fight against female genital cutting and other harmful practices affecting the empowerment of women and girls in their communities. Investing in these girls is an investment in their future and the community at large.
