Kenyan Moms Get 2nd Chance at Education
<p><span word="Rates">Rates</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="teen">teen</span> <span word="pregnancy">pregnancy</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> 18 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="aged">aged</span> 15 <span word="to">to</span> 19 <span word="have">have</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="birth">birth</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="pregnant">pregnant</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="child">child</span>. <span word="An">An</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="giving">giving</span> <span word="teen">teen</span> <span word="mothers">mothers</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="chance">chance</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="complete">complete</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="educations">educations</span>.</p><p><span word="Early">Early</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Nyeri">Nyeri</span>, 100 <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="Nairobi">Nairobi</span>. <span word="Today">Today</span>, 17-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="Cynthia">Cynthia</span> <span word="Wairimu">Wairimu</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="class">class</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="primary">primary</span> <span word="school">school</span> (8<span word="th">th</span> <span word="grade">grade</span>) <span word="and">and</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="exams">exams</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="December">December</span>.</p><p><span word="She">She</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="birth">birth</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="daughter">daughter</span> <span word="Eunice">Eunice</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="month">month</span>. "<span word="My">My</span> <span word="hopes">hopes</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="determine">determine</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="achieve">achieve</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="goals">goals</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="studies">studies</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="respectable">respectable</span> <span word="later">later</span>," <span word="she">she</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Pick">Pick</span> <span word="Me">Me</span> <span word="Up">Up</span></p><p> Cynthia is part of the <span word="Pick">Pick</span> <span word="Me">Me</span> <span word="Up">Up</span> program that has helped more than 100 teen mothers finish school since it started in Kenya two years ago.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="Nations">Nations</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="year">year</span>, 13,000 <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pregnancy">pregnancy</span>.</p><p><span word="Lack">Lack</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="contraception">contraception</span> <span word="drive">drive</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="teen">teen</span> <span word="pregnancy">pregnancy</span>.</p><p><span word="Hawa">Hawa</span> <span word="Wangech">Wangech</span> <span word="mentors">mentors</span> 20 <span word="teen">teen</span> <span word="mothers">mothers</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="whom">whom</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="stigma">stigma</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="poverty">poverty</span>. "<span word="Getting">Getting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="teen">teen</span> <span word="mothers">mothers</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="challenge">challenge</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="afraid">afraid</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="seek">seek</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="counsel">counsel</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="school">school</span>," <span word="she">she</span> <span word="explained">explained</span>. "<span word="Secondly">Secondly</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="resources">resources</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span>."</p>
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