Here's a picture of SIni Sanuman.
Our president, Siaka Traoré, is the third from the right in the green and yellow shirt.
We advocate against FGM in various ways: through in-person meetings and individual discussions, and through the media with broadcasts of songs and music videos, radio shows, films and billboards against FGM. We also collect signatures to work toward outlawing FGM and other violence against women.
Join us to observe the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM on February 6!
Over 1,000 Malians observing the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM in 2023 with speeches, skits, music, and renewed impetus to end this harmful practice.
Celebrate the gains, and help further the movement to stop female genital mutilation.
According to UNICEF,
at least 200 million women and girls today are survivors of FGM. The practice continues in many parts of the world.
In Mali, Sini Sanuman (Healthy Tomorrow's partner group) has convinced 151 excisers to stop cutting girls, and helped many of them find new livelihoods. We have persuaded 17 villages to officially abandon FGM, with Declarations signed by the village leaders. We pay for medical treatment for many women and girls with serious complications from FGM. We educate the public with radio, TV, and billboards. Our dedicated Malian staff and volunteers work with legislators to outlaw FGM, and with villagers to change minds and hearts.
If you would like to help, please donate.
Let us all rededicate ourselves to eradicating this harmful practice in Mali, and around the world.
The three videos on the right explain our work. The first one is a 3-minute summary, the next is an October 2020 panel discussion that includes the director of the film In the Name of Your Daughter, which we've shown on Malian TV. The bottom video says what we do in one minute.
Healthy Tomorrow is a US non-profit group based around Boston, Massachusetts that supports the work of Sini Sanuman.
In April 2022, we hosted an online screening of "In the Name of Your Daughter" and had a panel discussion with the director Giselle Portenier and our president Susan McLucas afterwards. We had people from all over the world, a few who were working on implementing new anti-FGM laws in their countries. (click poster at right or this link to enlarge)
Healthy Tomorrow stood out on the Boston Common for the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM on February 6, 2023 (photo below).
Susan gave a talk at Community Church of Boston
on February 19, 2023. (click to enlarge poster)
2023 Rug Sale poster