I was able to go to school though I always watched as my classmates dropped out of school to get married at the ages of nine to 11 years - Josephine Kulea

My cousin was getting married. She was only 10 years old. I rescued her from the marriage on the day of her wedding. I was with her so I didn’t care even if the wedding ceremony went on. However, I was shocked that her younger sister who was seven years was married in her place

My sister let out a terrifying scream that made my flesh crawl. She was bleeding out of control. They tried to apply traditional herbs to the wound but this did not stop the bleeding, it was during that confusion that I made my escape to a relative

We were stripped naked, that is when I knew I was also being married off to someone… They poured very cold water on us to ease the pain of the process