Sponsor: Ashoka Innovators for the Public (nominal)
Project Information
Project duration: Ongoing
Project's area of focus: services for teen mothers
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
In Kenya, about 400 adolescent girls give birth daily, while an estimated 70,000 are expelled from school annually after getting pregnant. The project will provide vulnerable teen girls and mums with reproductive health information, life-skills and training on small-scale business to enable them to become economically self-sufficient. The project will also build their communication, decision-making skills to ensure they are not vulnerable to sexual abuse and are capable of making smart decisions
Activities
The project will provide hands-on training on entrepreneurship to ensure teen mums launch, market and sustain their business, workshops on sexuality to build their decision-making skills and remedial lessons to enable them to resume classes.
Expected Outcomes
The project will rehabilitate and equip 200 teen mothers with educational, economic and life-skills to ensure they are able to increase their self-esteem, solidify their incomes and have the skills to make informed sexuality decisions.
Project Message
"I was kicked from school; vilified by my family and my boyfriend deserted me after I gave birth to twins. Joining the project has boosted my confidence and I can now feed my children."
- Rose Kanini, Project beneficiary
Project Contact
Stella Amojong,
Program Coordinator
Cherangany Street, Opp. NCPB, Moi's Bridge P.O Box 1439 Eldoret, RIFT VALLEY PROVINCE 30100
Kenya
+254-720-846605
Cherangany Road, Opp.NCPB, Moi's Bridge P.O Box 1439 ELDORETRIFT VALLEY PROVINCE30100 Kenya
+254-720-8446605
Organization's Mission
GEMINI seeks to empower and build the capacity of marginalized communities through information-sharing, skills-building and training to enable them make informed choices.
Organization's Programs
Know Your Status: Encourages clients to test for HIV, access treatment and social support through mobile VCT, counseling and education to encourage behavior change. Breaking the Cycle of Violence empowers leaders with information, skills and training to enable them support grassroots-based advocacy against gender-based violence. Your Life, Your Choice taps the creativity and energy of youth in addressing reproductive health through outreach, mobilization, edutainment and outdoor sports.
Organization's Current Projects on GlobalGiving
Uplifting Teen Mothers in Kenya
Breaking the cycle of gender violence
Equipping poor families with HIV/AIDS life skills
Organization Statistics
STELLA AMOJONG OMUNGA,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Founded in 2002
Employees: 6
Volunteers: 25
Personnel Overview
STELLA AMOJONG OMUNGA - Executive Director
Graduated in IT; Diploma in Social Work, Gender Development & Project Management; Certificate in HIV Counseling. Instrumental in the formation of groups that tackle poverty, development and education issues. Has inspired the return to school of over 100 teen mothers in just three years; has been a key player in the formation of school-based initiatives that engage youth in preventive programs.
