Education
In some regions of Marsabit in northern Kenya, girls are more likely to experience early marriage and female genital mutilation than school.
"The girls still under FGM, married off at an early age like eight years. When you go to a place called Karare, the other day we cried tears because there was a girl between the age of eight and nine years old being married off to a man who she had never met in her life."
Elema Molu Dida, Mothers’ Union coordinator for the Diocese of Marsabit
Sometimes children miss out on school because their tribes are nomadic, i.e. they move about a lot with their cattle, looking for water. So children are not in one place long enough to go to school regularly.
Wings Academy
Wings Academy was set up by the Anglican Church of Kenya to give children, particularly girls in this region, access to stable education. The school has a Christian ethos, with the firm belief that each child is created in the image of God at the centre of its vision. The school motto is ‘Give me wings, I fly’ as staff seek to equip children with the tools they need to succeed and excel.
You can help
Please pray for girls and all children in this area of Marsabit. Pray for hearts and lives to be changed through this Christian school.
We would love to be able to pay the salaries of more teachers at the school. If you’d like to help please visit our donate page or contact alice.lane@interanglicanaid.org.
The most useful way to give is to set up a monthly standing order. But we gladly welcome gifts of £5 or £5,000+. Everything makes a difference!
