Every year around three million girls are genitally mutilated in the world. This old cruel tradition lives on even though it's prohibited by law in most countries, including Burkina Faso. Plenty of efforts are done world-wide to put an end to this practice.
One of the most remarkable initiatives may be the Clitoraid foundation that not just works to end the mutilations, but offers a way to undo the mutilation, at least physically, by repairing the clitoris.
By the end of 2012 Clitoraid plans to open a first hospital where they will offer surgery for free to victims of genital mutilation. The hospital goes under the name "The Pleasure Hospital". The demand for this service is huge and increases as the word spreads. At the time of this writing, a year before the opening, Clitoraid has more than 400 women in Africa on their waiting list and yet another 30 in the US.
See www.clitoraid.org for more details
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