My education has enabled me to learn about it and now I stand against it and stand so that no other girl can go through that.

"I am deeply proud of my Maasai heritage, but I have always opposed the patriarchal social norms and expectations that keep women and girls in our community from achieving their full potential." | "When the time came to fulfill my promise to return home and support my community, I knew that creating a pathway to education and freedom for girls, like the one I had created for myself, would be the best way to give back. So I founded Kakenya’s Dream in 2009 to do just that." | "In the back of my mind, I always knew that no girl should have to make the kind of sacrifice I did, undergoing FGM, just to continue her education. It became my life’s purpose to ensure that no other girl would." | "Three weeks later, I was healed and was back in high school. I was more determined to be a teacher now so that I could make a difference.” | " “I learned that ceremony I went through is called female genital mutilation. I learned that it was against the law in Kenya. I learned that I did not have to trade part of my body to get an education."blog.ted.com