The BBC reports that over 1,000 teachers were fired across Kenya in the past two years for sexually abusing their female students. Most were ages 12 to 15. Many were impregnated by their teachers. Boys were not safe either, with reports of their abuse now surfacing.

The abuse of children in Kenya is all too commonplace. Reports of increases in sexual and labor abuse can be found from before the Children Act passed in 2001 with the same "Rise in Child Abuse" headlines popping up again and again over the last 10 years. That isn't news. It's an epidemic.

In Kenya, children are exploited sexually and as slave labor at home, in government schools, even by the police. All of these adults are the very people who should be protecting them.

No country has a perfect record. No country is doing 100% right by their children, but the children of Kenya are in crisis. They are being destroyed by this abuse.

The Kenyan government points to poor communication and lack of education as the fuel for this heart-breaking fire. So please, urge Kenya's president to communicate with his people and publicly denounce the abuse of their children and educate his law makers and officials on how to bring these children real justice by convicting their defilers! If Kenya's children are in crisis, so is Kenya. Make the safety of Kenyan children a priority!

Photo By: Sarah R. Parker