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Akesha Makiba De Cruz has bagged Asia's Social Impact Award for Human Rights

Akesha Makiba De Cruz has bagged Asia's Social Impact Award for Human Rights

My name is Akesha De Cruz and I was born on August 26th  1995 at Georgetown public hospital Guyana. I am a mother of (3) three beautiful children. 

I was never given the opportunity to live with my father, because of unforeseen circumstances, I lived with my mother and my younger sister,  my mom was a single parent at the time. Seeing her doing everything in her will power to provide for us wasn't easy. 

I attended the Meet-tem-meer-zorg primary school,  then too Uitvlugt secondary school, then to Leonora Technical institute, then to the University of Guyana. 

I later got pregnant with my first son at the age of 18, it wasn't easy because I have to deal with domestic violence, and every kind of abuse one can think of. I felt stranded in the relationship,  but I no that's not what I wanted for my life, I deserve better, but I just didn't know how too. After fighting back and forth, two years after my son (Jeremiah) feel sick and  passed away.  And with the help of multiple police officers and facing the magistrate, I was free from domestic violence..

I later got married had two other children and migrated to Trinidad and Tobago,  I worked eight (8) months as a security officer, and seven (7) months as a geriatric nurse, but too myself I know that's not what I wanted to do.  My urge was too help people, people that's has gone through what I've been through,  and those who are still going through it..

So on the 21st of February 2021 I launched my Foundation called Stigmatize Genders Outreach Foundation, the fight against battered women and abuse men. Where I offer,  counseling sessions, Domestic violence prevention programs, teenage pregnancy prevention programs,  Gender based abuse prevention programs, peer pressure management Risk and vulnerability in children, we also offer groceries packages to those who are in need.  We offer all these and more for free to those who are affected by any types of abuses..

My goal is to build a safe environment for men women and children who are faced and affected by  abuse.

Akesha Makiba De Cruz has bagged Asia's Social Impact Award for Human Rights

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