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The VMMC Experience Project was established in 2014 to give a voice to the people affected by the West’s mass circumcision campaign in Africa. Their mission is to empower the most frequently overlooked contingent: Africans. The project director is [[Prince Hillary Maloba]] from Kenya. Their work is currently based in West Kenya and East Uganda.
They sent people with cameras to Uganda and Kenya, who documented the realities of the mass circumcision program. Local investigators conducted interviews with 90 affected men and women<ref>https://www.thestreet.com/story/13910168/3/africans-speak-out-against-the-mass-circumcision-campaign.html</ref> and found:
* Africans are told circumcision conveys immunity from HIV.
* Condom use is at an all-time low, and AIDS is on the rise.
* The program is killing the very people it is supposed to help.
* No follow-up post circumcision (cut-and-release approach).
* Resentment and outrage among Africans.<ref>{{REFnews |title=Africans Speak Out Against the Mass Circumcision Campaign |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/africans-speak-out-against-the-mass-circumcision-campaign-300370353.htmlhtm |last= |first= |coauthors= |publisher= |website=https://www.prnewswire.com |date=2016-12-01 |accessdate=2020-09-05 |quote=}}l</ref>
Various representatives from the VMMC Experience Project used the [[MOGiS e.V.|MOGiS]] Press Conference on May 4th in Berlin, Germany, to explain their mission to the world.<ref>{{REFnews |title=Who's For and Who's Against Circumcision for HIV Prevention |url=https://newswire.net/newsroom/news/00096293-circumcision-in-hiv-battle-pros-and-cons.html |last=Todorovic |first=Dragana |coauthors= |publisher=Newswire |website= |date=2017-05-11 |accessdate=2020-09-05 |quote=}}</ref>
==Position of Doctors Opposing Circumcision==
[[Category:Kenya]]
[[Category:Uganda]]
[[Category:Intactivism organization]]
[[de:VMMC Experience Project]]