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Combating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

25 Years of Advocacy and Awareness

 

For over 25 years, the Kombo Sillah Association (KSA) has worked tirelessly to challenge and eliminate the harmful practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). As a community-driven organisation, KSA continues to play a leading role in advocacy, education, and grassroots mobilisation.

Mrs Kaddy Jabang - FGM Awareness Campaign Cordinator

Why We Say No to FGM

FGM is not a rite of passage - it is a violation of human rights. It can cause severe physical and psychological harm, impact reproductive health, and diminish the futures of girls and women.

 

Through awareness campaigns, KSA aims to:

 

  • Educate families on the dangers and long-term consequences of FGM.

  • Empower women and girls with knowledge about their rights and bodily autonomy.

  • Support open, intergenerational dialogue within families and communities.

  • Promote laws and policies that protect girls from being subjected to FGM.

  • Equip educators, religious leaders, and health workers to be advocates for change.

Our Impact Over the Years

Since its founding, KSA has:

 

  • Hosted dozens of workshops, forums, and educational events across the UK and The Gambia.

  • Partnered with grassroots and international organisations to train youth ambassadors, healthcare workers, and educators.

  • Helped shift attitudes within diaspora communities through culturally sensitive outreach.

  • Provided support to survivors and whistleblowers, ensuring their voices are heard and respected.

  • Played a role in broader campaigns contributing to declining FGM rates in regions where intervention is strongest.

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Join Us in the Fight

Since its founding, KSA has:

 

  • Hosted dozens of workshops, forums, and educational events across the UK and The Gambia.

  • Partnered with grassroots and international organisations to train youth ambassadors, healthcare workers, and educators.

  • Helped shift attitudes within diaspora communities through culturally sensitive outreach.

  • Provided support to survivors and whistleblowers, ensuring their voices are heard and respected.

  • Played a role in broader campaigns contributing to declining FGM rates in regions where intervention is strongest.​

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Mrs Mariama Juwara is an FGM Survivor

Mrs Fatoumata Jammeh is an FGM Survivor

Donate to our Combating FGM Campaign 

Our goals is to ensure that the most vulnerable and at-risk groups in our diaspora communities are safe from the harmful practices of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and the Safeguarding of children that a most at risk of the practice of FGM in our communities. With your generous donations/funding and volunteering efforts, you have the capacity to help us in our endeavour to end the practice of FGM through awareness campaigns and workshops. 

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Awareness Campaign on the dangers of FGM & Children's Safeguarding in the Diaspora

DV the FGM Building Capacity & Community Integration
CONFERENCE ON FGM & CHILDREN'S SAFEGUARDING

One of our goals is to ensure that the most vulnerable and at-risk groups in our diaspora communities are safe from the harmful practices of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and the Safeguarding of children that are most at risk of the practice of FGM in our communities. With your generous donations/funding and volunteering efforts, you have the capacity to help us in our endeavour to end the practice of FGM through awareness campaigns and workshops. 

 

It was against this backdrop that Kombo Sillah Association through funding from the Big Lottery organised a conference on FGM and Children's Safeguarding at St Werburghs Centre in Bristol.

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The conference was themed on FGM prevention in schools and organised in collaboration with Safeguarding in Education.

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Attendees received certificates of attendsnce of the FG

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