WOUNDED HEALERS INTERNATIONAL

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Working to End the Cycles of Sexual Violence

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WHY SEXUAL VIOLENCE?

We understand sexual violence includes rape, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, sex trafficking and exploitation, female genital mutilation, sexual harassment, sexual bullying, and sexual abuse within partnerships.

1 in 3 girls will become victims of sexual violence before her 18th birthday. 1 in every 5 has had a live birth or is pregnant with their first child.

According to the CDC, in Kenya, 71% of these cases, girls are infected with HIV.

40% of girls drop out of the school year due to pregnancy. Most are unlikely to return, affecting their long-term educational, economic, and health outcomes.

44% of African women, or more than two in five, have been subjected to gender-based violence

86% of Wounded Healers women were sexually abused as teenagers.

OUR MISSION

End sexual violence by increasing awareness and prevention, survivors’ support, and creating pathways for African women and girls to break the cycles of violence within their families and communities.

WHAT WE DO

We provide the tools for physical, mental, and economic healing and freedom through safe housing, education, healthcare, counseling, and economic empowerment.

Our programs empower women and girls to prevent violence and victimization, break the myths surrounding violence against women, and help them feel stronger and more confident in their bodies.

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OUR HISTORY

Wounded Healers began with the story of agony and a big scare of a young Kenyan woman a victim of sexual violence- Nuna; With unwavering determination and support from her sister and well-wishers, She triumphantly emerged as a survivor and pursued her career in  Counseling Psychology. Inspired by how much hope restored and redeemed her circumstances, she made it her life mission to change the outcome for other survivors who do not have support.

Wounded Healers operates a  Rape Crisis Center where survivors have invested their skills and goodwill to ensure that personal needs are met. 

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OUR IMPACT

“We work to improve the quality of life for all people in a patriarchal society that ranks the concern of women and children as a low priority. We believe everyone should be free from sexual and domestic violence oppression. By improving the lives of women and girls, we hope to improve the lives of men and boys.” 

“We empower women and girls to feel more assertive and confident in their bodies.”

 

 

LET’S MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE!

Together, we can heal ourselves. Together, we can heal others. We recognize our struggle in the struggle of others. Solidarity is our key value of growing together to achieve transformation. We truly believe that only unifying opinions, feelings, purposes and interests among the people we work with will make the change possible.