Enduring a harmful cut: when ‘no hope’ is Joyce’s only choice

Students from Mara region express their concern over female genital mutilation in an effort to educate parents and members of the society.PHOTO|ANTHONY MAYUNGA

What you need to know:

  • The 18-year-old, who battles fistula, has to contend with all manner of public ridicule. A person suffering from the condition has no control of the bowels.
  • “I do not know what happiness entails. I am not able to travel long distances and unfortunately whenever I sit near people, they move away claiming that they cannot stand my condition,” says Joyce.