28 Too Many<\/a> which was ‘created to help eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the twenty-eight countries within Africa where it is still practised.’.<\/p>\n140 million African women have undergone this awful practise and it affects women across the world, inluding in the UK. I find it incredibly difficult to understand how a mother could inflict this suffering upon her daughter, having gone through it herself, yet know these things are deeply instilled in certain cultures and accepted as the norm and as a good thing. To me it’s another example of our sad and fallen world. If we don’t stand up against such practises they will be allowed to carry on into countless further generations.<\/p>\n
I’m not going to go into the details here, you can read more on the website, but I wanted to share my horror and sadness that this is happening. As Adventure Bloke is at the moment in a part of the world where this is at times practised it is all the more real to me. I wonder what we can do to help charities like 28 Too Many? I do know that if we never stand up for anything nothing ever gets done. I also know most of us are exhausted with the constant demands from many different types of charities, and there can easily be an apathy involved with such causes. Can we break through this and be different? Can I? I hope so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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