Her dream and quest for education has finally come true. She is a 12yrs old girl who has been obliged to the cultural norms by her believe not to go against her culture. Esther Ngiilu from Kililio village in Kipsing at Oldonyiro Ward joins Kipsing primary school with support
When an old person dies, it is like a whole library of knowledge is burnt or buried to the ground. No matter how much that person shared during his or her lifetime, some of the knowledge can never be retrieved from the inactive brain.
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6th June 2016
Indigenous People’s Knowledge
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20th May 2016
Nature & Spirituality of the Samburu
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14th May 2018
BREAKING CULTURAL NORMS “ESTHER NGIILU DECIDES TO JOIN SCHOOL”
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14th May 2018
BREAKING CULTURAL NORMS “ESTHER NGIILU DECIDES TO JOIN SCHOOL”
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6th June 2016
Indigenous People’s Knowledge
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20th May 2016
Nature & Spirituality of the Samburu
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Nature & Spirituality of the Samburu
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Indigenous People’s Knowledge
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143102 Maypm18 2018
BREAKING CULTURAL NORMS “ESTHER NGIILU DECIDES TO JOIN SCHOOL”
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Several girls in pastoralist communities are exploited, abused, and discriminated. They need special protection to promote their physical, physiological, spiritual, moral, and social development. These children include girls between the ages of (9-15years) who suffer from beading practices, Female Genital Mutilation, forced child marriages, children affected by sexually exploited resulting to crude abortion, infanticide, as well as children living with disabilities, or suffering from discrimination because of outcast cultural beliefs in the society. It is because of the unique vulnerability of indigenous girls and women that their rights are of priority concern within SWT aspirations and work in advancing girls rights, focuses on the need of special protection measures for girls and women.