Houses of Hope Yoga-thon: Fitting in together with End FGM

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Female genital mutilation ("FGM") is often a suitable of passageway used in numerous ethnicities to signify a young ladies coming of age. After women are generally cut, they could then possibly be married, which for many farm communities, happens as small as 9 years old. Around over 3 million young ladies have risk of undergoing FGM annually and that there are over 1 100 - 140 million women living with FGM currently (supplier: WHO). Within African-american, about 92 mil girls age A decade and above are generally estimated to have been through FGM. (WHO)

Houses of Wish Yoga-thon are going to be doing 108 sun's rays salutations to support the particular Tasaru Ntomonok Project, an organization that works to absolve FGM within Africa. The company is run by Agnes Pareyio, any Maasai female, who has been recently working to conclusion FGM more than a decade through instruction and the development of another solution rite of passage for younger girls.

Agnes has built two safe and sound households where young ladies live, are knowledgeable and do not face pressure to undergo FGM. She has formulated an alternative rite of passage pertaining to young women to be able to acknowledge their transformation without any cutting. Just over A decade ago there seemed to be no alternative for girls towards the picture of Kenya that will did not want to be minimize. Currently, each May and December, young girls come to Narok, the site in the first house, and be females through a a number of day wedding ceremony plus celebration.

Video Link where by Agnes explains her operate: http://www.facebook.com/watch?v=EcIlFQRVdA8

Two years ago Homes of Wish generated Vagina Monologues and improved over $50,000 to build the second safe household ever used to support end FGM. This year Structures of Hope is definitely holding a yoga-thon to lift understanding this critical issue and lift capital to operate the second property.

This event is scheduled to occur on October 10, '09 with Central Park within NY. Even if you can not attend the big event, you can make a difference by making this donation (every little counts).