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MEETING BAN KI MOON!
Privileged to meet Ban Ki Moon yesterday at UNHQ at launch of Guardian and UNFPA global media campaign to end FGM within a generation....
cathholland49
Oct 31, 20141 min read
FOURTH ALTERNATIVE RITE OF PASSAGE CEREMONY 2013
Greetings all and huge apologies for lateness of update, multifarious excuses! We are trying to build a new website which seems to keep...
cathholland49
Apr 2, 20132 min read
THIRD ALTERNATIVE RITE OF PASSAGE CEREMONY 2012
I returned from Pokot just before last Xmas following our 3rd.hugely successful “Alternative Rite of Passage” (ARP) ceremony. Over 200...
cathholland49
Mar 3, 20131 min read
410 GIRLS SAVED FROM FGM!
My most recent visit to Pokot, Kenya was in June earlier this year. I and midwifery student Ruth (university of Cumbria) spent a day with...
cathholland49
Sep 9, 20122 min read


SECOND ALTERNATIVE RITE OF PASSAGE CEREMONY 2011
Report of our 2nd. ARP, held in December 2011 in Ortum, Central Pokot. I am happy to report another hugely successful week of seminars...
cathholland49
Jan 19, 20122 min read
LATEST VISIT TO ORTUM, POKOT
I travel to Kenya on Nov.24th with one of my UK midwifery colleagues, Sue Knowles. We are planning a second “Alternative Rite of...
cathholland49
Oct 18, 20111 min read
FIRST ALTERNATIVE RITE OF PASSAGE CEREMONY 2010
Latest news from “Beyond FGM” Please watch out for Guardian film made last December about “Alternative Rite of Passage” ceremony in...
cathholland49
Apr 12, 20111 min read
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