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Breaking the Cycle of Pain: A Call for Urgent Action Against Gender-Based Violence in Kenya

Ladies and gentlemen,

Esteemed national leaders, global community representatives, and all compassionate hearts,

Today, I rise not merely to speak, but to plead—on behalf of the silent, the broken, and the forgotten.
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Kenya is not just a statistic. It is a human tragedy that unfolds every single day, in every corner of our nation.
It is a deep, festering wound that, if left untreated, will bleed across generations.

The Stark Reality We Can No Longer Ignore

Nearly 45% of Kenyan women aged 15 to 49 have endured physical violence. Many have been subjected to the unspeakable horrors of sexual assault.
And these are only the ones we know—the ones who have somehow found the strength to speak.

Gender-Based Violence in Kenya is more than bruises and broken bones.
It is:

  • Fear that never fades.

  • Dreams aborted in childhood.

  • Hope extinguished behind silent tears.

It takes many forms—beatings, rape, psychological torment, and harmful traditional practices like female genital mutilation (FGM)—and it feeds off poverty, inequality, silence, and shame.

Yes, Kenya has laws like the Protection Against Domestic Violence Act.
But what good is a law that lives only on paper while survivors live in terror?
What hope is there for justice, when silence is safer than speaking?

The Hidden Tragedy: Substance Abuse and the Shattering of Families

But the violence does not end there.

A growing shadow looms larger every day: substance abuse and family destruction.
Faced with crushing poverty, unemployment, and despair, many of our men—the husbands, the fathers—turn to alcohol and drugs for an escape they cannot find elsewhere.

These men, once filled with love and tenderness, are transformed into strangers.
Under the influence of substances, they return home, and it is their wives and children who pay the heaviest price.

  • Homes become battlefields.

  • Laughter is replaced with screams.

  • Sweet memories dissolve into daily nightmares.

Some of these men meet violent deaths in drunken brawls, leaving their families with not just grief, but crippling debts, hospital bills, funeral expenses, and relentless harassment from merciless creditors.
Wives and children are cornered by debtors who demand payment through methods too barbaric to name.

And in the ruins of these families, children grow up poisoned—their hearts hardened by trauma, their innocence crushed under the weight of anger and bitterness.
And so the cycle repeats—more broken homes, more broken souls.

But There Is Hope: Together, We Can Break This Cycle

We refuse to believe that this is Kenya’s future.
We refuse to surrender to despair.

There is hope—real, living, breathing hope—and it begins with us.

Protect a Girl's Image Organization (PGIO) is stepping into the darkness.
We are finding the hidden, the hurting, and the hopeless:

  • Offering protection to women and girls.

  • Providing education and empowerment.

  • Restoring dignity where violence tried to steal it.

Boundless Hope Rehabilitation Centre (BHRC) is bringing healing to the broken:

  • Treating addiction and mental health disorders.

  • Offering trauma recovery and counseling.

  • Connecting individuals to deeper support when needs exceed our immediate capacity.

Together, PGIO and BHRC are mending what violence and despair have torn apart.

We are not just putting bandages on wounds.
We are building bridges to new lives.
We are restoring faith where it has been lost.

A Call to the Nation—and the World

But we cannot do this alone.
We need you.

We call on national leaders: Strengthen the enforcement of our laws. Fund shelters. Support survivors, not perpetrators.
We call on the global community: Stand with us. Invest in healing. Help amplify the voices of the forgotten.
We call on every kind-hearted soul: Volunteer. Donate. Advocate.

Because if we fail to act now,

  • The silent screams will become deafening.

  • The cycle of violence will grow even more monstrous.

  • An entire generation will be lost to anger, trauma, and pain.

But if we act—if we stand together—we can break the chains.
We can end Gender-Based Violence in Kenya.
We can reclaim lost lives.
We can give children a future filled with dreams, not nightmares.

Join Us: Restore Hope. Break the Cycle.

If you believe in a Kenya where every girl is free, every boy is safe, and every family can thrive—then join us.

Support Protect a Girl’s Image Organization (PGIO) and Boundless Hope Rehabilitation Centre (BHRC).
Help us build a nation—and a world—where hope wins.

Together, we can write a new story for Kenya.
One not of tragedy and pain—but of courage, restoration, and boundless hope.

#EndGBV #GenderBasedViolenceKenya #RestoreHope #ProtectOurFuture #PGIO #BHRC #BreakTheCycle

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