Today, on World Contraception Day, we’re sharing stories that highlight the harsh reality many women and girls in Kenya endure daily and hope you choose to provide them relief.

UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, delivers supplies to medical clinics across Kenya, including contraceptives that meet 17% of the country’s needs for the year.

Health workers in Kenya’s rural Narok county have worked for years to build outreach and supply systems to empower women to access contraception. But now, stocks are running out.

But due to global funding cuts, contraceptives are running out across Kenya's public health system. Women in Kenya travel for hours to clinics only to find that contraception is unavailable. At home, many face violence for even attempting to make decisions for their families and bodies. This reality for women in Kenya is only getting worse.

Supporters like you help provide contraceptive supplies that save the lives of women and girls. Gifts help keep women from having to make dangerous journeys just to find empty clinics and keep their hopes for the future alive. Make a lifesaving gift this World Contraception Day:

Some Kenyan women are asking for the contraceptive implants to be placed in the thigh instead of the arm for better concealment. When women can't access discreet methods, they face impossible choices — and sometimes violence.

It is a frustrating situation for health workers who have spent years helping women take control of their bodies, lives, and futures.

Elizabeth Samanta, a community health worker in Narok County, Kenya told us about a harrowing experience: "There was a time when a lady came for an implant, and when the husband realized, he almost chopped it out with his own knife."

This crisis is especially deadly where more than half of women have undergone female genital mutilation, the teenage pregnancy rate is twice the national average, and maternal death rates are among Kenya's highest.

Without sufficient funding and loss of donor support, over 6.2 million women could lose access to family planning in 2025, leading to unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and maternal deaths.

Every gift made to UNFPA delivers contraceptive supplies that could save a woman's life — or support her safety in the face of violence. You can ensure a woman in Kenya won't have to choose between her safety and her reproductive autonomy.

On World Contraception Day, we have a choice: Will we let decades of progress disappear, or will we support women and girls who are fighting for control over their own bodies and futures?

Thank you for not letting them face this alone.

— USA for UNFPA