Our Vision
To end sexual violence against girls & young women.
Our Mission
To reach out, receive and protect girls and young women in the most vulnerable situations of sexual violence and
abuses.
Our Values
About Us
Maisha Girls Safe House Maisha (MGSH) is a community centred Non – Governmental Organization, that works towards reaching out to, receiving and protecting girls in the most vulnerable situations of sexual violence and abuse by providing a continuum of care and support, and building their resiliency for quality living. Founded in 2014, MGSH started as a community-based organization and upgraded to an NGO in 2020.
MGSH operates a shelter that provides temporary home to young survivors of sexual violence, ensuring they receive the essential care and access to services that are needed for their recovery and well-being.
Additionally, we run community-safe spaces that are information hubs for girls and young women to access information on sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) and sexual reproductive health (SRHR).
About The Founder
Florence is an activist, feminist, and a survivor of sexual violence. She has six years’ experience in trauma counselling and paralegal work with focus on sexual violence issues and the law.
She is the founder of Maisha Girls Safe House, an initiative that brings together girls and young women who have survived sexual violence from across parts of Kenya.
Through this initiative, she has established a safe house which provide immediate care and protection to survivors of sexual violence. The safe house also support the survivors to access medical services, psychosocial support, and access to justice.
Florence spearheads community safe spaces that act as platforms for prevention and response on sexual and gender-based violence issues. She ensures that this in these spaces the youth can also access information on different issues. Her work as a mentor and counsellor has been quite instrumental in ensuring that healing and dignity is restored in the lives of the girls she comes in contact with.
She has been a strong member of the National Survivors of Sexual Violence Network, Kenya, where she coordinates the activities of the network in Nairobi County. Florence, the safe sister, sums herself up as a “walking safe space” for survivors and vulnerable girls and young women in informal settlements in Nairobi.