Too Young to Wed Inc

Facilitates high-level advocacy by bringing survivors to testify before U.S. Congress, hosting private exhibitions with the U.S. State Department, and organizing delegations of survivors to speak at global conferences such as Women Deliver in Vancouver. Partnered with UNFPA and the Canadian Government to educate over 9.7 million people about the child marriage crisis in Nepal.

Produces visual evidence and multimedia content on human rights challenges faced by women and girls, led by survivors themselves, including an international traveling photo exhibition featuring stories from Nepal, India, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Yemen, Afghanistan, and the United States. Generated over six billion global views for photographs created by child marriage survivors in Kenya through major media outlets.

Offers leadership scholarships, local day school scholarships, evening literacy classes, mentoring, vocational training, and psychosocial support to at-risk and survivor girls. Requires scholarship recipients to participate in community service. Supports sustained education and leadership development to prevent child marriage and FGM, with near 100% success in Samburu County through incentive-supported family agreements.

Operates the Shepherd School in West Pokot County, providing foundational education to hundreds of girls previously without access, with daytime and evening sessions accommodating pastoralist responsibilities. Runs a computer coding program for early secondary school girls in Nyahururu to keep them in school and prevent child marriage and FGM.

Arranged safe evacuation and delivered comprehensive emergency services—including visa facilitation, travel coordination, security assistance, documentation, safe housing, medical services, and essential supplies—for nearly 1,000 high-risk female Afghan activists, journalists, and their families.

Provides monthly food assistance to approximately 1,000 families (over 10,000 individuals) through the Parwana Food Security & Livelihood Program, including direct distribution of food to families like Parwana’s in Afghanistan.

Funds local Afghan organizations through emergency grants to support women’s safety, education, and livelihoods. Awarded grant funding that enabled the I_Rep Foundation to receive a $1 million grant from the Audacious Project at TED.

Launches public awareness campaigns using radio broadcasts, such as a PSA campaign on Serian FM in Maralal, Kenya, reaching hundreds of thousands of households with messaging against child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM).

Provides shelter for 150 girls and young women who escaped forced marriages in refugee camps and delivers emergency packages containing clothing, food, cooking supplies, and hygiene items to survivors and their families.

Supports the Ortum Girls Center, a safehouse that protects girls at risk of or survivors of child marriage, FGM, and beading, in partnership with the I_Rep Foundation.

Launched a virtual U.S.-based advocacy and empowerment program for girls in Fall 2020, facilitating global conversations between female youth leaders through interview-based storytelling focused on strength, survival, and resilience. Produced the first episode of "Resilient Girls," featuring a Kenyan survivor and TYTW’s inaugural Youth Ambassador.

Implements community interventions in Samburu County starting at age 9, including family agreements, community dialogues, livestock and nutrition support, and economic empowerment activities to reduce gender disparity and prevent child marriage and FGM. Intercepted plans for FGM or child marriage for at least 5 girls as young as 10 and placed them in safe living arrangements.

Refills 21 water tanks twice per week in Yemen, serving 3,500 internally displaced persons in Raydah Camp and Arhab. Distributed sanitary towels, handwashing soap, educational flyers, and installed handwashing stations in Kenya. Prevented reported coronavirus cases in Kagati Village, Nepal, through sanitation and public education.