Sheila

I am an alumna of the University of Aberdeen, where I earned my MSc in Clinical Nutrition. My passion for health and safeguarding vulnerable communities began early; I volunteered in Kenya, rehabilitating malnourished children and supporting pregnant and lactating women. This work led to my selection as a Leadership Fellow with The Prince's Trust International (now The King's Trust) – a prestigious programme founded by His Majesty the King. I now volunteer with the fundraising team for the FGM Education Project.

Why this work matters

Over 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone FGM. In Kenya, where I was born, the practice continues to steal futures. Becoming a mother changed something in me. I look at my daughter and think of every girl held down, every girl told this is tradition, every girl who bleeds in silence. No child should know that pain. No mother should have to imagine it. The FGM Education Project trains the professionals who can stop this – nurses, teachers, and social workers. I am fundraising because every girl deserves to grow up whole.