By Jenni Lipa | President CCDO and Founder
Each new school year brings us back to teaching the basics of Puberty. The girls and boys learn the anatomyof the body, both separately and then together. Knowledge is understanding and power and brings the teens together with an understanding of each other and their growing hormones. They learn to respect each other and about gender equality.
Safe sex is a big part of the lessons with the older students. It is the responsability of both the boys and the girls to ensure the use of condoms. There is also a cultural norm to abstain from casual sex. We experience no teenage pregnancies in our schools. The students realize the value of education and will ensure that they complete at least grade 9 and often grade 12 if the family finances permit.
Our 6 week puberty course culminates in a student march celebrating women and mothers on international day of the women.
A special thanks of gratitude to our donors who ensure that we can continue to teach our puberty classes.
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