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Christmas surprise in our Desert Flower Center

Our Desert Flower Center´s self-support group is growing

Some women of the DFC self-support-group

The women of the Desert Flower Center´s self-support group receive a special Christmas surprise from Doctor Strunz and her team: Not only a reimbursement of their travel expenses, but also a wrapped gift.

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Mum is back!

From Wuyatta Genda, our team member in Sierra Leone

Salamatu posing with her sponsorhip funds

Salamatu Sillay was only three years old when her mother ran away and left her all by herself. Salamatu´s grandmother found the little abandoned Desert Flower and tried to find the parents in vain.

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Give happiness and a joyful Christmas!

This Christmas let us put a smile on the face of a little Desert Flower!

Safa, the first little Desert Flower saved

Like all children, also the girls in Sierra Leone are dreaming of Christmas and presents. “A pair of shoes”, “a T-shirt”, “a doll”, “a teddy bear”, “a book” or “a Christmas tree” were among the items on the girl’s wish lists.

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Save a little Desert Flower

The beneficiaries of our sponsorship program attend school and are protected from FGM and child marriage

When a girl receives help from the Desert Flower Foundation sponsorship program, the family of the girls signs a contract in which they guarantee to protect their child from FGM.

This means they will consequently be free from life- threatening health issues that currently millions of young girls and women endure.

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Insanity! 310 million child brides in Africa until 2050

UNICEF warns against rapid rise

In Africa live currently around 125 million women who have been married as children.

This number will more than double by 2015 due to demographic growth, if no action is taken

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