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Every year, at least 2,600 women die from unsafe abortion in Kenya; 21,000 more women are hospitalized annually with complications from incomplete and unsafe abortion, whether spontaneous or induced. As grim as these numbers are, they do not capture the number of women killed or disabled by unsafe abortions who never visit a health facility or whose cause of death is not recorded. These incidents are entirely — and easily — preventable, yet the Kenyan government has done little to address the problem. But there's a way we can address the problem, and all it takes is starting a conversation. Share our Kenya Video > |
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Tweet Three Times about KenyaGet the facts out about Kenya to the Twitterverse by using one of our Tweets or creating your own. Make sure to include #kenya after your Tweets!No one talks about the thousands of Kenyan wmn who die from unsafe abortion. U can. Watch vdo. Start a convo http://bit.ly/kenyafacts #kenya Every year more than 2,600 Kenyan women die from unsafe abortions; another 21k r hospitalized. Get the facts http://bit.ly/kenyafacts #kenyaPipes. Knitting needles. Pens. Bleach. Methods used when women r unable 2 safely terminate pregnancy in Kenya http://bit.ly/kenyafacts #kenya W/ few exceptions, providing an abortion in Kenya is a felony & punishable by up to 14 years in prison. http://bit.ly/kenyafacts #kenya In 2008, 900 million condoms in Kenya lay unused in gov't stores due 2 lack of funds 4 distribution. http://bit.ly/kenyafacts #kenya In Kenya, an estimated 5.5 million girls between the ages of 15 & 19 give birth annually http://bit.ly/kenyafacts #kenya In Kenya, 13,000 girls leave school every year due to pregnancy. http://bit.ly/kenyafacts #kenya |
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Caroline for Kiberia (CFK)
CFK is a nonprofit charitable
organization whose mission is to provide
community based sports programs, girl centers, and medical clinics to
help empower young women, improve basic health care and spur economic
development.
Location: Carolina
for Kibera (CFK) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Campus Box 5145 | Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Opportunities:
Volunteer with CFK at your university by conducting independent
research projects, volunteer work in Kiberia or joining their
internship program.
Project Education, Inc.
A non-profit, grass roots
organization dedicated to increasing the availability of education to
impoverished students through parent participation and community
development in Kenya.
Location:
PEI United States Office 4475 E. 18th Crest | Bellingham, WA 98226
Opportunities:
Volunteer, donate or sponsor.
Coalition on Violence Against Women – Kenya (COVAW)
Advocates against gender based
violence and recently launched a campaign for more comprehensive
reproductive health care services.
Location:
Haven Court Block B, Suite 7 Waiyaki Way (Opp. Lion's Place) P O Box
10658-00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Opportunities:
Community advocacy as well as regional and international advocacy
American Women's Association of Kenya (AWA)
The AWA assists women's groups
and self-help programs and supports education in general.
Opportunities:
Volunteer at a Women’s Center teaching English to deprived
young women, working with visually impaired students as local primary
school.
Hope to Shine
The organization's mission is
to combat human rights abuses and poverty by establishing a Kiberia
School for Girls and Shining Hope Community Center to provide
educational and economic development support to the community.
Opportunities:
Sponsor a student at the Kiberia School for Girls and/or teach classes
at the school or community center.
Facebook: The
Kibera School for Girls
Project C.U.R.E
The organization's mission is
to build sustainable healthcare infrastructures by providing medical
equipment to a wide array of countries in need, including Kenya.
Opportunities:
Volunteer opportunities are available both locally, within the United
States, and internationally, at Kenya and other nations.
The Maasai Girls Education Fund (MGEF)
The goal is to improve the
literacy, health, and economic well-being of Maasai women in Kenya
through education.
Opportunities:
Donate
The East African Center for the Empowerment of Women and Children (EAC)
A non-profit organization that
helps communities achieve empowerment by increasing literacy for women
and children, improving health status, and eradicating poverty.
Location:
New York, Seattle and Kenya
Opportunities:
Contribute and/or intern at one of the East African Centers in New
York, Seattle or Kenya.
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