Join us to protect, educate, and empower threatened children in global hot spots
Every girl deserves the chance to grow, learn, and shape her own future — free from harm, free to dream. Together, we can protect girls from violence and open the doors of education so they can thrive.
Our Mission
Global Roots is dedicated to protecting vulnerable children while ensuring they receive nutrition, education and emotional support. Through community-driven solutions, we create a future where every child thrives.
Stolen Childhoods
Across rural Kenya, our work is helping girls escape Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), stay in school, and reclaim their futures—with legal protection, boarding school tuition, safe shelter during school vacations and year-round mentorship.
Hunger & Instability
In times of crisis, hunger pushes children out of classrooms and into dangerous situations. Our School Garden programs feed both bodies and minds—ensuring every child can learn without being exploited or going hungry.
Lack of Protection
Without safe spaces, vulnerable children face violence, exploitation and fear. Global roots provides shelters, mentorship, and round-the-clock protection—creating environments where children can feel safe and supported
Afghanistan — Harvesting Hope
A hungry child cannot learn. Our programs combine education with nourishment. Through school gardens and local agriculture, we provide fresh food to children and their families.
Why We Do What We Do
Global Roots exists to protect children in crisis – whether it's an Afghan girl defying a school ban or a Maasai girl running from FGM – because we believe every young girl deserves safety, dignity, and the chance to dream freely.
“You can silence a classroom, but not a child’s will to learn.”
Wahaj, Girl’s Education Coordinator, Afghanistan
“When we rescue a girl, we also free generations after her.”
Mary Keruta, FGM Survivor & Girls’ Mentor, Kenya
“This work isn’t about charity, it’s about justice where the world had looked away.”
Rick Montgomery, Global Roots Founder
Kenya — From Rescue to Resilience
Saving a girl is just the beginning – keeping her in school is the key to her future. Through educational funding, safe housing, mentorship and outreach, we break the circle of harm and open doors to opportunity.
The Legal Letter and Holiday Check-in Initiative
For the Maasai girls in our program, a legal letter is a powerful shield that stands between them and the horrific human rights crime of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). A legal letter, sent home by each child’s school teacher, helps parents who live in rural areas understand that FGM is a serious crime in Kenya that promises both jail time and substantial financial penalties. The letter also makes it clear that the welfare of each girl in the program will be monitored by Global Roots over the holidays. FGM persists because it takes just ten days for parents to secretly cut their daughter. Holiday check-ins bring a new model of enforcement into the countryside where FGM is still rampant. Thanks to this program, Maasai girls will be safe from the illegal acts of FGM and forced early marriage. They will be allowed to finish their schooling and pursue their dreams.
