About NGEFS
Naserian Girls Empowerment Foundation
Veronica Founder;
Naserian Girls Empowerment Foundation (NGEF) was founded based on my own testimony of real life experience. I grew up in this beautiful Maasai Community in the Southern part of Kenya, unfortunately in my time, girls were being married off against their wish, denied education; women denied their rights to defend their daughters, thus silencing their voices in the midst of laws whereby the men were the only decision makers.
Early pregnancy was a taboo/criminal offence for girls in my community. Men who were responsible of the pregnancies were freed to walk away, while the girls were married off to elderly or polygamous men as punishment. I witnessed two of my childhood best friends who were brutally forced to early marriages with polygamous men of more than three wives. Due to their early age in marriage, one of my friend succumbed to a chronic fistula condition, that led to her untimely death.
I further witnessed women being ruthlessly beaten, abused, chased away from their matrimonial homes, and even when they ran away to their parents’ home for security, they were forcefully returned back in the name that the issue will be sorted by the “Wazees”,(Swahili word referring to the elders). My own sister and cousin were even hospitalized due to injuries sustained from their abusive spouses, causing my cousin to get a miscarriage; a situation that really depressed me in pain and sorrow, but there was no action that I was able to take. All these and many more that I witnessed in my village, kept me with an urge of doing something to stop the ruthless abuses that the women and girls were facing.
I thank God that I got an opportunity not only to study, but to pursue journalism; an area that has helped me to write and share stories of the challenges faced by women and girls globally. This experience brought the birth of Naserian Girl Empowerment Foundation(NGEF); registered under the ministry of education, youth, sports, culture and social services in 2016. I will endeavor to be a voice of the voiceless, with a dream of seeing girls and women enjoy their full rights, and all forms of Gender Based Abused get totally ERADICATED.
Early Childhood Development Education
Safe Girls
Maasai children & Girls have Access, Retention & Completion of Education
Water Sanitation and Hygiene
Empowering Maasai Women and Girls
Food Security and Nutrition
More About NGEFS
Since inception, NGEF has been able to ensure 38 girls complete their education through support of sponsorship, 60 young women empowered to engage in income generating activities to raise an income in caring for their children, established an ECDE center for young children to start early learning. All this has been achieved through support of friends and well-wishers, and NGEF will continue asking for support, to ensure that the community in this neglected area is supported. Naserian dream is to see children; girls and young women enjoy their full rights, and the eradication of harmful cultural practices for a prosperous Kenya and Africa.
VISION & MISSION
Vision
Responsible and Respected Maasai Ladies with Access to All Rights
Mission
Empowering marginalized maasai women and girls to access education and achieve all human right standards for becoming productive citizens
Our core Values
Integrity
We value truthfulness, fairness, honesty and transparency in our internal and external relationships, communication and transactions.
Advocacy
We are committed to influencing key decision-makers to make and implement policies and practices that improve the lives of girls and women.
Gender
We are committed to seeing transformation through restored relationships between men, women, boys and girls and ensuring equal value, participation and decision making by all.
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