An NGO will deploy personnel to Kisii County to campaign against gender-based violence.
Fulda will roll out the programme along with a community-based organisation, Mosocho Enka Enyia.
The personnel will include a hundred people who graduated after undergoing a four-year course on GBV at the Fulda premises in Mosocho town, Kitutu Chache South Sub-county.
Charles Mogire, a pastor, said he got involved in the fight against GBV after realising fellow clergy and congregants were also adversely affected by GBV.
He said the project taught him what he did not learn in theology schools, adding that one must have peace at home before they preach peace in church.
Simeon Omwenga, a senior chief, commended the training, saying most cases that land in the chiefs’ offices are GBV-related.
He pledged to use public barazas and other platforms to fight the vice and asked Kenyans to desist from all forms of violence saying the move will reduce court cases and congestion in jails.
A GBV survivor, Florence Mogere, said she learnt various forms of violence including physical, psychological, social and economic, which are caused by mistrust, drug addiction, and poverty among others.
Magoma said these led to injuries, death, child neglect and separation among spouses.
Giving examples of what led to conflicts between herself and her spouse, she said the training had changed her attitude, leading to peace at her home.
Jones Maranga, the Fulda Mosocho project coordinator, said the project which started in 2002 is value-centred.
Maranga explained how the trainees had undergone the course in phases starting with the anti-female genital mutilation campaign which led to the protection of over 30,000 girls in Kitutu central sub-county, and 3,000 girls in Kisii South and Marani Sub-counties.
After making strides in the fight against FGM, the project focused on the war against GBV and domestic violence in 2016. The trainees volunteered from three sub-counties.
Maranga, however, cited various challenges including a vast area, a high population and a lack of resources to enable them to reach all target groups.
