As FGM is a social norm issue in many communities, the engagement of elders as custodians of culture is meant to win their support in making declarations of ending FGM among their communities. The Board has therefore had dialogue forum with elders from various communities with a view to winning their commitments to end FGM. such communities include; Maasai, Kipsigis, Samburu, Kalejin enders in Baringo, Kuria, Pokot and Sabaot in Mt. Elgon. Such engagements have yielded to declarations by various communities including the Kisima Declaration by the Samburu Community to end FGM and Child Marriage, the Pokot Declaration, the Kuria Commitment. The Board also has organized various exchange programmes among the elders to cross pollinate their commitments and approaches towards making declations.

To disassociate FGM from religion and derive modalities of mainstreaming anti-FGM programmes in churches and mosques the Board has engaged Muslim Scholars, Madrasa teachers and Duksis in Wajir, Mandera, Tana- River, Garissa, Isiolo and Marsabit Counties. The Board has also included religious leaders such in the County and Sub-County Anti- FGM Steering Committees