When school clubs become the tool to curb early marriages, FGM 21 When school clubs become the tool to curb early marriages, FGM ELKIDING'A is one of the secondary schools in Arusha Region that has established students clubs that helped to address female genital mutilation (FGM), early pregnancies and child marriages. These harmful traditional practices have been hindering Maasai girls from achieving their- The centre for women and children development (CWCD) Hindu Mbwego with beneficiaries of their school club interventions. -dreams of acquiring education. John Mduma is one of the patrons of the club at the Elkiding'a Secondary School says through the clubs, the girls are enabled to become self-aware, value themselves, and protect themselves and others.