Kakenya Ntaiya has been a member of the Vital Voices Global Leadership Network since 2007. She is an active participant in multiple programs run by the organization across Africa and around the world. Her story has inspired countless others with its messages of determination and hope. To raise your vital voice, go to: vitalvoices.org/ Design and Animation for this film are by Pistachios at Blacklist. The music is by Dan Radlauer. Vital Voices Global Partnership is a leading non-governmental organization that identifies, invests in and brings visibility to extraordinary women leaders around the world. An international staff and team of over 1,000 partners, pro bono experts and leaders, including senior government, corporate and NGO executives, have trained and mentored more than 8,000 emerging women leaders from 127 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East since 1997. These women have returned to their communities to train and mentor more than 500,000 additional women and girls. They are the Vital Voices of our time. A special thanks to Vital Voices board member, Diane von Furstenberg, for lending her voice to bring attention to the vital voices of so many others.