Tanzania: Serengeti Girls Appeal for Protection As They Aim High

SCHOOL girls, who were saved from undergoing forced Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or forced marriages in Serengeti district, are appealing for more protection, so that they can be able to achieve their education dreams.

Speaking during the African Child Day event held here recent, the girls thanked the Hope for Girls and Women Tanzania (HGWT), a non-governmental organisation for saving them from being subjected to FGM and other forms of injustices that would have cut shortcut their education dreams.

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