Kahindo wants to fight against sexual violence

Kahindo, 16, är en av World’s Childrens Prize modiga barnrättsambassadörer från D.R.Kongo – en av världens farligaste platser för flickor och kvinnor. Det här är hennes berättelse:
“I am the 2nd child in a family of five children. It has been seven years since my parents separated. I lived with my father and he forbade us from visiting our mother. One day I had gone to see my mother. Mad with rage my father had me seriously whipped before chasing me out of the house. Finally, I rejoined my mother and I live with her. It's been six months since my mother left for the field, away from our home, and I stayed alone in the house but on the same plot of land as my maternal uncle’s. I sell onions to pay school fees and other needs. I'm the first grade in secondary school.

One day a boy (neighbor) told me that if I can help sweep his house he will give me something for my needs. Suddenly when I was starting to sweep, the boy jumped on me and raped me. As it is viewed as shameful when a girl is raped here at home I stayed calm and endured the pain.

I want to become an ambassador for the rights of young girls… I want to fight against sexual violence, abuse, and child labor.”

Kahindo was trained as a Child Rights Ambassador by the World’s Children’s Prize and Yes Africa, one of our local partners in the D.R C.