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I live with my husband and work in Mombasa. I was born and grew up in Bomet, my parents provided me with education that I needed to excel and I went through the primary and joined secondary level successful, After finishing my secondary level I joined college to get skills and now working and pursuing my bachelor in degree of commerce. I was lucky that I did not have to follow the tradition of FGM and early marriage. I come from a community that girl child education is not still not common.Poverty and backward cultural practices have continued to harden the quest for the girl child to access education. Deep in our African culture, girls are taken to be a source of wealth for the family because once they got a suitor; they are “sold off” for marriage, thereby giving the family some wealth through bride price. Once married off, the girl is meant to be a homemaker and her duty is to tend to household chores and to bring up a family.Some parents justify the denial of girls of their right to education to prevent them from bringing shame to the family through early pregnancy. Yet others believe that women who are at the same level of education as the men are a disgrace to the community because more often than not, they will not get married and if they do, it will possibly be to a foreigner. For such parents, early marriage is the best way to prevent this and at the same time preserve traditions.I am creating a scholarship program to assist the girls who need an education but who's families cannot afford to pay the fees. If you want to assist in scholarships for young girls please go to 100 Humanitarians To donate.I have a passion for my community and am working hard to assist in setting up reading classes for those who are pass the age of being able to attend school and want to learn.