Horrible! Genital mutilation on the rise again

4.2 million girls are at risk of FGM in 2023

A Desert Flower sponsorship protects girls from FGM.

This news is a shock: In 2023, more than 4 million girls are at risk of genital mutilation (FGM). A Desert Flower sponsorship protects against this terrible practice.

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8,000 girls are genitally mutilated every day

A Desert Flower sponsorship protects against this crime

Desert Flower girls who were rescued.

8,000 girls are still being genitally mutilated. Not per year. Not per month. Not even per week. It is every day !! Together we can eradicate this crime against innocent girls.

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Thanks to your support we have also achieved a lot in 2022

We wish you all a happy and healthy new year

Students of our new African Aweee School in Sierra Leone.

Watch the video to see the highlights that we were able to successfully implement last year despite difficult times.

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We wish you all a Merry Christmas!

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SO VALUABLE SUPPORT

Waris Dirie, the Desert Flower sponsored girls and the Desert Flower Foundation team wish everyone a Merry Christmas.

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Great joy about the fourth Desert Flower School

NEW AFRICA AWEEE SCHOOL IN SIERRA LEONE FOR 255 GIRLS AND 155 BOYS

Pupils of the new Africa Aweee School in Hastings.

What a day ! What a joy ! The opening of the fourth Desert Flower School in Sierra Leone, sponsored by Africa Aweee, became a huge celebration. Click here for the video.

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