The Gender Violence Recovery Centre (GVRC), was launched in March 2001 and registered as a non-profit making, non-partisan, charitable trust of the Nairobi Women's Hospital, GVRC has been in operation almost seven years. The centers’ main purpose is to mobilize resources to provide free medical treatment and psychosocial support to survivors of gender based violence. The treatment includes Post Exposure Prophylaxes (PEP) given within 72 hours of assault to help prevent infection of HIV. Other treatments include prevention of pregnancy, STI and hepatitis B vaccine. The centre serves women, men and children survivors of gender based violence. Since inception in 2001, GVRC has treated over 14,000 survivors of sexual and domestic violence. The centre receives an average of 230 survivors per month, with approximately 45% being children, 49% women and 6% men.  Youngest survivor of sexual violence was a month old baby girl and oldest a 105 years old woman.