Rescue Maasai Girls from Female Genital Mutilation

A mother's nightmare became reality when Mary was teaching.

It pains me to report that Mary's son Jayden, now two years old, was being looked after by his grandmother when he tipped over a boiling pot of water when his grandmother was making dinner.

Jayden suffered severe burns all over his body.

If you don't know who Mary is, please refer to the project report before this one. Mary is the second girl that Global Roots protected from FGM when she was just 12.

Now she is 22 and is a full time school teacher. Jayden's husband, Saruni, is in training to become an administrator for a new Global Roots program in Kenya.

Baby Jayden is recovering now, and mostly out of pain. His scars have turned white and it is not yet known if they will be permanent. 

Global Roots wired $200 for Baby Jayden the minute we learned of the accident. We are now raising more funds to have Jayden transported to Nairobi where he will be treated by a specialist.

Baby Jaydon is important to Global Roots because he is the result of a marriage born out of both determination and love.

Had Mary not ran away from her village when she was born, she would have been subjected to Female Genital Mutilation and sold into a marriage. She would have been forced to give up school and break up with her boyfriend Saruni, the very man she married many years later.

Global Roots is proud to support Saruni, Mary and baby Jaydon in their time of need!

Thank you GlobalGiving donors!