A small group of Kenyan girls will soon go to Google’s California headquarters, where “they hope to win $15,000 for I-cut, an app to end Female Genital Mutilation. The five teenagers, aged 15 to 17, are the only Africans selected to take part in this year’s international Technovation competition.”
[They] call themselves the ‘Restorers’ because they want to “restore hope to hopeless girls”, said Synthia Otieno, one of the team.
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I-cut connects girls at risk of FGM with rescue centres and gives legal and medical help to those who have been cut.
Its simple interface has five buttons – help, rescue, report, information on FGM, donate and feedback – offering users different services.
UD will be rooting for them.
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A similar app for England, where at least 20,000 girls are at risk.
August 6th, 2017 at 7:31PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMLgV1LH7tM
August 6th, 2017 at 8:22PM
Fantastic. Many thanks for the link, dmf.