Generation Guiders- Safe Space for Girls

We are thrilled to be working with Generation Guiders once again to bring much needed services to adolescent girls in Nairobi's Githurai district. Generation Guiders promotes girls’ rights, empowerment and education by reaching out to advance the circumstances of girls wherever they are economically deprived, at risk of abuse, subject to harmful cultural practices or living in areas of instability. 

Kenya has an extremely high rate of teen pregnancy; more than 1 in every 100 pregnancies can be attributed to a girl between 15 and 19 years old. Most of these girls are also victims of child marriage. Sub-Saharan African women also disproportionately suffer from HIV/AIDS, due in part to higher rates of sexual assault and a lack of awareness in the community. Generation Guiders works to turn this trend by offering a myriad of beneficial programs to girls, including their recent All-Girls Football Tournament, peer education training, life skills, pad distribution, and general counseling services.

Grand unveiling of Generation Guiders' new Safe Space Center for girls

Due to circumstances beyond their control, Generation Guiders recently lost their space, which served as the hub for all of their program services. Land was very generously been offered to serve as home to the new center, but there is no sound structure. PaperSeed partnered with Generation Guiders to build an innovative new center that will benefit girls in Generation Guiders' programs and be open for use to the community at large, providing lasting benefits for thousands.