08/15/2026
We are preparing now for girls who will run in December.
The need is urgent.
In Tanzania's Mara Region, the cutting season comes with the December rains. Every other year, elders set the dates, and girls — some as young as nine — are registered to be cut. For most, it means the end of school and the beginning of a marriage they never agreed to.
2026 is one of those years.
Some of them run. And whether anyone is ready to catch them gets decided months before she ever takes off running.
That's what today is.
Shelter has to be arranged before she needs it. Fuel has to be in the vehicle before the call comes at 4 in the morning. Schools have to be lined up for January. By December, we're already out of time.
We work through the Catholic Diocese of Musoma and partner safe houses — not a network we built, but one that's been in those villages for generations. A teacher notices a girl is in danger. She calls the diocese. We move.
This season, we're preparing for 450 girls.
$40,000. That's $89 per girl.
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