Sadly still today some Maasai girls as young as 13 are forced to undergo the illegal and painful act of female circumcision (female genital mutilation - FGM) and early marriage in exchange for money, cows, goats and blankets. This is as a result of parents following what once was traditional practice for daughters or parents/widows being so poor that the can not afford to support their daughters and need the goods they receive for selling their daughter. Maasai Youth Opportunity Outreach (MAYOO) is situated in the rural community of Inarooj, 35 kms west of Nairobi. MAYOO provides a Safe House (founded in 2013) where 101 girls at risk live in 4 dormitories. The house not only provides a safe place to live but access to food, shelter and education.

This year The Fulham Boys School set the ambitious target of raising £2,000, through student social enterprise. This would be enough to secure the safety, health and education of 6 girls for the year.

Despite the incredible effort of our students, organised brilliantly by Ms Embiricos and Ms Gaude, coronavirus has meant that we have fallen short of our target by £1,200. However, this Enterprise week we aim to reach this total through the support of our community. The staff have pledged to run a total of 200km this week and hope to inspire our students to do the same. If you can, please donate.

Best,

Mr Browne