I have seen first-hand the impact of female genital mutilation and the physical and mental toll it can have on girls and their families. I have witnessed women suffer a lifetime of pain as a result of complications in pregnancy and childbirth resulting in an obstetric fistula which if left untreated leaves them marginalised from their communities and abandoned to their shame.

And I have witnessed moments of great joy: a woman receiving her choice of family planning, the delivery of a healthy baby with a skilled midwife, the deinfibulation of a woman who has suffered the worst form of FGM, the look of empowerment on the face of a young educated girl, food on the table, availability of free sanitary products for high school girls, an HIV positive couple who with the help of antiretroviral drugs, give birth to a healthy baby, clean water that flows from a nearby spicket, beauty of adornment, a grandfather holding the hand of his grandson….and so much more.”

Lentegi, Granada
Recognition of documenting and promoting 40 years of service to the community.