Suguta Marmar - Early Marriage Rescue Center and Orphanage

Suguta Marmar is situated in Kenya's arid northern territory. It can only be reached by driving on a dirt road for several hours. It is very remote, and the people still live in tribal villages. There, the Missionary Sisters reach out to provide emergency as well as long-term assistance through their Early Marriage Rescue Mission - ministering to girls as young as 8 years old who are being "bartered" into marriage. A family with a young girl is often promised a goat in exchange for the girl when she reaches 11 to 13 years old. This is a custom of the Samburu tribe.

A Kenyan child can start school at any age, and many will not graduate from high school until they are between 23 and 25 years old. Education past the eighth grade is not highly valued and was not available, in this region, until the Sisters built Bishop Perlo High School as part of their Rescue Center. Through the Rescue Center, the Missionary Sisters provide food, clothing, shelter and education to young girls who have nowhere else to turn.

Letuuni, on left, was brought to the Rescue Mission at 7 years old. She is an orphan and had been terribly abused by men in the streets. After a brief stay in the hospital, she came to the Center where she has been treated with the love and care of the Sisters. Letuuni has been sponsored by our donors for over a year. Please, will you sponsor one of the children below?

For a monthy donation of $38.00 you can sponsor either of the children below. Please contact us using the email below, and let us know which child you would like to sponsor.

	Name: Juliana
	Date of Birth:1998
	School: Bishop Perlo Girls High School
	History: Juliana ran from an Early Marriage situation in 2006. She was only 8 years old! She begged government officials to send her to a school and the official guided her to the Sisters of Mary Immaculate who welcomed her to the Rescue Mission. She is now thriving in her studies and wishes to become a teacher.

GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN RESCUED

Would you consider sponsoring one of these girls in our Rescue Center?

Angelina	Rusila

Milka	Rapunye	Samwela

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