In 2007, a group of 10 young people, led by Catherine Mootian from Narok Town formed Impact Kenya Youth Initiative, a community based organization aimed at addressing the rates of HIV infections in the community. The passionate young people were able to lead various HIV prevention projects targeting youth out-of-school, young female sex workers their clients, youth-in-schools among other segments of most-at-risk populations. In 2009 organization won a three-year grant from the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, an award granted to youth organizations using creative and Innovative approaches to mitigate of HIV/AIDS Impact in the community. In 2009, the organization changed its name from Im Kenya Youth Initiative to AfyAfrika.

In 2014, through FRIDA: The Young Feminist Fund project, we managed to rescue 15 girls from iltumtum location in Narok East Constituenc who were bold enough to run away from their home to seek FGM protection services, ca and support. It is then that AfyAfrika shifted its focus to address the impact of FGM and o harmful cultural practices in the hotspot communities. Under, FRIDA-funded, ‘Girls Rede Project’ our mission was to empower young women aged between 12 and 18 who were risk or had survived female genital mutilation to rediscover and celebrate their wholenes develop their self-confidence, and become agents of change within their own communitie Our campaign continues to portray the uncut girl as whole, intact, unharmed, pristine- in other words, in perfect, God-given condition.

In 2017 and 2019, due to our incredible wo end FGM programmes, we managed to receive two grants from The Girl Generation, aim at promoting community dialogue and engaging men and boys to End FGM. With fundin from Global Affairs Canada, CARE International, Centre for Rights Education and Aware (CREAW), Uraia Trust, Community Advocacy and Awareness (CRAWN) Trust, and Urge Action Fund Africa (UAF Africa) are implementing the Women’s Voice and Leadership (W Project whose goal is to strengthen the institutional capacities and activities of county, regional and national women’s rights organizations seeking to empower women and girls advance the protection of women’s and girls’ rights and achieve gender equality. Support by CREAW under the WVL project, AfyAfrika is currently implementing Let’s Dialogue: Y Leadership for Social Change to End FGM project, with a specific goal of strengthening leadership of the end FGM movement in Narok North and East Constituencies in, Narok County, Kenya.

AfyAfrika is also implementing a FORUMCIV-funded project dubbed ‘The GIRLVANIZE Project: Accelerating Change towards Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Suswa, Narok County, Kenya. Working with other development part The GirlVanize Project seeks to strengthen the involvement of the County Government o Narok to create a more enabling environment, enhance political accountability at the cou level, harness the potential of youth to enhance gender equality and end FGM, and scale the social movement to end FGM.

Under Binti wa Pawa Project, AfyAfrik target the social norms that underpin FGM/C through non-judgemental, comprehensive a collective community engagements which is essential to eradicate the practice. Approac will be participatory, rights-based, strengthen engagement with community ‘gatekeepers be grounded in deep community knowledge and strong partnerships. AfyAfrika understa that shifts in gender relations and how girls/women are valued is central to challenging th social norms that hold FGM/C in place. Rights-based community-structured dialogues targeting all tiers led by a network of empowered champions will be supported, ‘Organise diffusion’ whereby participants in the community dialogues then share their knowledge a understanding systematically with others in their social networks. To further advance the voices of girls, advocacy efforts will plug into a robust partnership with the media through radio talks/spots, social media and expert opinion campaigns to amplify positive stories o change.