Breaking the Abuse Cycle through Regenerative Agriculture

Since 2013 we have campaigned successfully to ban female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage in The Gambia and many other countries around the world. Our founder, Jaha Dukureh, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for this work and has even become the UN Women’s Ambassador for Africa.

It is now time to scale and develop.

We need to build on our solid foundations and grow fast to further protect girls from abuse and to also try and help solve the root causes of this abuse.

It’s all about economic independence.

Our work over the last 12 years has enabled us to identify the true reason that leads to FGM, child marriage and other abusive practices. Women and girls in Africa and elsewhere are often totally economically dependent on those who abuse them. Our aim for the next 10 years is to help create a scalable economic system that enables women in rural areas to take control of their lives at the same time as protecting and nurturing their children and mother earth.

Safe Hands for Girls has launched the Regenerative Hubs program to provide training in regenerative agricultural practices to women who have been abused, as well as enabling them to grow crops that meet the growing demand for regenerative certified products in local and international markets.

In collaboration with the Howard G. Buffett Foundation Centre for No-Till Agriculture (HGBF | CNTA), we have already started to build a new generation of women farmers and leaders, who can now create a brighter and economically independent future for themselves and their children. Please see our first workshop report here.

The time is now. We are ready to work to help uplift women out of poverty and break the abuse cycle. You can help us!