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Statement of commitment to the welfare of the girl child by religious leaders
We Christian and Muslim religious leaders having met today, the 12th day of October 2020 to mark the International Day of the Girl Child, in Isiolo County under the auspices of The Programme for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa (PROCMURA) in conjunction with The Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa (FECCLAHA), and The Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa (CAPA), to deliberate on the challenges faced by the girl child with a specific focus on the unprecedented accelerated phenomenon of girl child pregnancies in our county and the entire Republic of Kenya, precipitated by the COVID 19 pandemic lockdown which has led to loss of jobs and livelihoods.
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