As young as they look, some men out here in Lamu have started gathering their cattle to go to their families and propose marriage. #GirlsNotBrides Girls Not Brides #EndChildMarriage Irise Institute East Africa Share-Net International Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW) @MTotoNews Tech Kidz Africa TheKidsTrial

Exciting Update..! With support from Irise Institute East Africa, we’re developing the first-ever Period Equality Advocacy Toolkit to help CSOs engage Policy Makers & Local leaders in creating sustainable Menstrual Health Solutions for our Women and Girls in Lamu County Government. #PeriodEquality

In this inception meeting, stakeholders identified key causes of Child pregnancies, including lack of youth-friendly SRHR services in Lamu County. Supported by @IriseInstituteEA, we’re developing Lamu’s first Period Equality Advocacy Toolkit to drive change! #EndChildPregnancy

We visited Lamu Special School to engage with adolescent girls with disabilities as part of our #TPEN period advocacy activities. Understanding their period needs is helping to shape an inclusive #PeriodEquality Advocacy Toolkit. Every girl deserves dignity! #DisabilityRights

A beautiful moment of connection, #FlorenceNdinda, our Vice Chairperson and a dedicated Officer in the National Police Service-Kenya shares a heartfelt greeting with our Adolescent Girls with disabilities in Lamu County. Together, we champion #PeriodEquality for all. #InclusionMatters"

Adolescent girls in Lamu creating their own menstrual bracelets — simple yet powerful tools to track their cycles, start conversations, and break taboos. Irise Institute East Africa #PeriodEquality #MenstrualHealth #LetGirlsThrive #LamuGirlsLead

She has her period, she stays quiet, she hides not because she wants to, but because no one sees her. Girls with disabilities deserve care, dignity, and support too. Let’s not leave them behind. #Together4PeriodFriendlyWorld #MenstrualHealthDay2025

Happening in less than 30 minutes! Join today as key members of the Period Equality Network East Africa at the Pre-MH Day Webinar organized by Irise Institute East Africa! #PeriodFriendlyWorld. See you there! #MHDay2025 #MenstrualJusticeForAll #PeriodEqualityNetworkEA

Who knew learning how to wear a pad could bring so much laughter? 😂At Umoja Primary School, it’s all smiles as girls learn to manage their periods with confidence. Periods aren’t shameful, they’re powerful. #MHDay2025 #MenstrualHealthDay Irise Institute East Africa #PeriodFriendlyWorld 🌍

Today, our girls held pads not with shame, but with confidence, because someone cared. Thank you @IriseInstitute for bringing us together through the Period Equality Network East Africa, a powerful family of CSOs working for #PeriodEquality in the region. #menstrualhygieneday2025

We are happy and proud to be your partner here in Kenya The Pollination Project Foundation. 15h 🩸 Today is Menstrual Hygiene Day.

When you hear sexual and reproductive health (SRH), what are your thoughts around this? #HealthyAdolescents #afyayetuhakiyetu

Honored to be among the stakeholders supporting the #DayofTheAfricanChild in Lamu County! We stand for the rights and well-being of every child. This year's theme: Planning and Budgeting for Children's Rights: Progress Since 2010. #DAC2025

In #LamuCounty, we marked the Day of the African Child with the theme: “Planning and Budgeting for Children’s Rights: Progress Since 2010.” Represented by #BidalaKenya, we watched children perform songs, & traditional drumming powerfully voicing their dreams & demands. #DAC2025

As they stand and read, they remind us that every girl deserves to learn, lead, and live free from violence. End child marriage, end GBV, and let’s keep fighting for a safer, just world for all girls. #EndGBV #EndChildMarriage #HerVoiceMatters

Project funded by Irise Institute East Africa: This week, we held our final validation meeting for the draft Lamu County Period Equality Advocacy Toolkit. Adolescent girls & Women from marginalized communities shared their voices to ensure the toolkit leaves no one behind. #MenstrualJustice

Not all police officers wear a hard face. Cpl. Florence Ndinda—our Vice Chairperson—carries a soft heart for children. At Hongwe Primary, she mentored girls and boys on drug abuse, sex ed, self-awareness & avoiding radicalization. #HerHeartInUniform Counter Terrorism Policing KE National Police Service-Kenya

Today is the day! Join us from 2–3 pm as we validate the Lamu County Period Equality Advocacy Toolkit with TPEN partners, supported by Irise Institute East Africa. #PeriodEquality #MenstrualHealth #TPEN #LamuCounty #SRHR

At Amkeni Primary, we empowered Girls and Boys with skills to make positive choices, break harmful peer pressure, and embrace equal opportunities. We wished them success in their upcoming national examinations #KPSEA #KJSEA. #GenderEquality #EducationForAll

We support girls in Lamu with menstrual health education and sanitary pads. Every girl deserves to learn in dignity without missing school. #PeriodEqualityForAll