5 Saving Maasai the Girl Child From FGM - Activism Does Work! Society & Culture (tags: FGM, girls, abuse, abuse, activists, children, child, culture,death, ethics, humans, rights, women, violence ) Lauren - 2 hours ago - youtube.com Parents, teachers and teenage girls held a candlelight vigil in Loitoktok, hoping to light up the darkness of cultural attitudes towards a traditional practice that is both physically and mentally hurting young Maasai girls. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETYpewWBXqg&feature=player_embedded send green star

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Lauren Stone(579) Saturday December 12, 2009, 9:49 pm Mashua Against FGM Atlast I have support from home my own village where I was born where 95% of Maasai girls are mutilated ... due to our 3 days of sending the emails so far 25 girls are safe in my big village alone and teachers both male and female are supporting our efforts! WHO SAID IT CANNOT BE DONE? look only 3 days of sending Email...s!! O.M.G it is possible and it began in my own barkyard my home sweet home... NEVER EVER UNDERMINE THE POWER OF COMPASSION PEOPLE ! we deed it news streaming in so far 40 in west pokot and staying with the nuns O.MG we did it! we have more to save keep sending those emails so far 62,000 emails sent... oooh yes we are going to kick FGM A**S out of this world lets all burn the candle of HOPE! awwwww thankyou for the high contribution research by David Kimani Manjau Mashua voice for the voiceless, and my Maasai sister Rachael Tengbong of Mashua Against FGM Facebook Foundation, Thanks to my sister Lauren Stone who stayed up with me drafting the letters, Thanks to Hans Lak for being a visionary.... O.M.G we did it our way of approaching this cruelity paid off! I am now receiving support from people who once hated me....You my humanity global family made it happen! send green star | flag as inappropriate Lauren Stone(579) Saturday December 12, 2009, 9:49 pm Tears of joy are rolling down my face Dear Heart! I am so happy that people are speaking out and others are listening. Bless those girls who have been saved this year. Hopefully the number will continue to grow. We must fight to keep them safe in years to come. Oh how wonderful it feels to cry out of happiness instead of despare! When people work together miracles really can happen. I am so grateful for all the people from all over the world who stepped up and have been helping with this campaign. This was not even a well planned or advanced campaign. Lucy and I were talking and crying and I started ... See Moredrafting what at first was to be a petition. We realized that there was no time for that and it changed to the current letter campaign. Just think what we can accomplish with advanced planning! send green star | fla