About Hawa Trust Foundation

Who we are?

Hawa Trust provide confidential, one-to-one, non-judgemental support based on your needs. We provide emotional support as well as supporting you to access health care to help you maintain your physical and emotional wellbeing.

Hawa Trust is a local charity foundation that works with different people and organisations in the fighting against FGM/C related with HIV and order harmful abuse to women and girls. Our aim is to reduce risk of girls and young women undergo FGM here in the UK, Sierra Leone and abroad. Hawa Trust is the only FGM organisation of its type that is based in Hackney, East London.

We also work and network in Sierra Leone where we empower women and girls in to bring about sustainable development by changing harmful social norms through raising of awareness and education. We believe that through this mission we can help give them a dignified life and managing different practices.

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Hawa Trust is a grass-roots local organisation working in Hackney among African and other ethnic minority communities. We work to support communities to tackle Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), engage with them to change attitudes, provide information for young women and girls, and provide referrals to other organisations and statutory services.

Hawa Trust is raise awareness of issue about( FGM) Female Genital Mutilation in the UK and Sierra Leone. I would like to work to safeguard the dignity and rights of African Woman and girls in the UK and Sierra Leone. Hawa Trust is passionate about the health of woman around issue about FGM.

Hawa Trust went to Focus Group for the NSPCC (FGM) Female Genital Mutilation or Female circumcision, the discussion was about general views, thoughts and feelings about FGM Helpline service.
we made contributions on how it could help young children in the UK. we spoke about newspaper promotions on how it could broaden the campaign. And we also spoke about how to involve community leaders in the campaign e.g Pastors, School teachers, Iimans GP, Leaflets.

They hail from all over the world, and from walks of life. They do all kinds of things: they make music, save lives, raise children, run businesses, write, preach, act and tell jokes. They campaign for their causes and strive for a better world for themselves and their families.

On Friday 25 October they are coming together at the BBC’s London headquarters, Broadcasting House, for a unique day of debate and discussion.

About the founder

Hawa is a Qualified Social Worker with an MA in Social Work, BA (Hons) in Social Policy, both from Anglia Ruskin University, UK.

Hawa also have a BSc (Hons) in Telecommunication from Kiev State Polytechnic University, Ukraine. She has also completed several certificate courses in social work and care.

Hawa is available to speak at events, please contact us to check her availability and for more information.

Hawa Daboh Sesay

Founder and Anti FGM Campaigner

What we stands for?

Our Mission

We empower women and girls in Sierra Leone to bring about sustainable development by changing harmful social norms through the raising of awareness and education. We believe that through this mission we can help give them a dignified life.

Our Challenges

FGM has been considered a violation of human rights. It is illegal in the UK. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the practice is illegal under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 and in Scotland it is illegal under the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005.
However, up to now there has never been any successful prosecution. So we need to continue to raise awareness of issues around FGM.

Sierra Leone

Hawa Trust Foundation is pioneering the education, inspiration and development of children, young people and adults in Sierra Leone in the fight against harmful cultural practices such as FGM/C. It is our aim to support the building up of local community champions.

Our Aim

Our aim is to reduce risk of girls and young women undergo FGM here in the UK and abroad. Hawa Trust work with FGM/C affected communities by raising awareness of the dangers and legal repercussions of FGM/C and associated physical, emotional and psychological effect.
Our strategy is that in the long run, girls will be fully knowledgeable on the effects of FGM/C to HIV and may be able to resist pressure to become a member of a Bondo Society.

We are focusing in civil society on the health risks of FGM/C, with more efforts to raise awareness of the practice in terms of maternal health HIV/AIDS, and obstetric fistuh.

Our Commitments

FGM has been considered a violation of human rights. It is illegal in the UK. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the practice is illegal under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 and in Scotland it is illegal under the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005. However, up to now there has never been any successful prosecution. So we need to continue to raise awareness of issues around FGM.

  • HTF is actioned to inspire women and girls to dream more, learn more and become further leaders
  • HTF says education is one of our biggest challenges that we need to conquer. We must tackle it early with technology and connect our women and girls to the internet
  • HTF has turned its back on cutting tradition and child forced marriage. Sierra Leonean women and girls will value education more than cutting

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