RESCUING CHILD BRIDES

Mary Makokha's organisation trains volunteers in the community to rotect children. They work with the help of police who come to arrest  the perpetrators of child marriages as well as parents who encourage this.
This organisation has appointed about 100 home visitors from the community and each visitor oversees 50 children ensuring of their basic needs and rights. There is a case of 15 year old orphan who had been rescued from a marriage to a 35 year old man.
she was rescued and palced in anorphaage where she would stay temporarily as she resumes school.

Location: Butula, BUSIA, Kenya