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Layla* (not her full name) currently staying at a girls safehouse run by the Center for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) in Nairobi, Kenya. Layla, 17, was sexually exploited and made to work as a prostitute by someone from her neighbourhood. The perpertrator is currently undergoing trial for running a prostitution ring using minors. Layla is currently staying at the shelter until the case is decided. She has been staying at shelter since February and she hopes to return home to her family and go back to finish her college course so she can start her own catering business someday. CREAW offers refuge to girls under 18 who have experienced defilement, abuse and other forms of gender  based violence. Through Maisha Shelter, CREAW offers temporary accomodation to girls and their children, in cases of teen pregnancy.  CREAW also offers pro bono counselling and legal services as well as family home visits to check on girls who leave the shelter or those who don't take up accomodation at the Nairobi shelter. The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)  has provided different forms of support to CREAW to make projects such as this possible.