Empowerment of Teenage Mothers

Alimlim is her real name.She joined Hope for Teenage Mothers project  in 2011.Alimlim was a shy girl who only knew how to look after cattle and goats from her village in Oloitotok a place located in the boader of Kenya and Tanzania.She did not know how to read and write.She had low self esteem and no communication skills

A mother of 4 children, who gave birth to her first child at the age of 13 years due to her cultural background.Her community marries girls at the age of 7 years.

Hope for Teenage Mothers enroled Alimlim to a non- formal education class to be taught how to read and write.Her 4 children were put in an orphange after our successful search for a favourable one. Dedicated to educating them ,the arragement  was to seeing them during the schools holidays.

After sucessful completion of reading  and writing  Alimlim was enroled in a dress making class  that also offers communication skills and financial literacy . 

Alimlim is now a pround mother and  says ,"Thank you to all who have supported me to be whom I am today.I can now afford to pay school fees and feed my children''.   

Alimlim is a mentor to other teenage mothers within her community and encourages teenage girls to go to school .She has bought two tailoring machines to advance her business of dress making.

Thank you to all our donors who have helped teenage mothers like Alimlim  to grow and  support their families.Your support changes lives.

Thank you very much for your continued support.

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/HopeForTeenageMothers/

Thanking all our partners for generous support for the past years and your kind contribution to our projects. We sincere ly appreciate you.

Mentoring of the young people by the elder ones is the Key  to a successful future in today’s world.

There are many challenges facing the youth and young people for example on issues of teenage pregnancy, low self-esteem, and alcohol and drugs abuse. Etc.   

Hope for Teenage Mothers organization has partnered with various universities in four counties across the country to support the young vulnerable girls through mentorship programs.The students from various Universities are volunteering on this program to work with the teenage mothers and other vulnerable youth within our program. One of the students said, ”I am excited to be a mentor in this program’’.

The program encourages innovativeness and skills activation of the vulnerable groups so that no one is left behind. This model of mentoring is l support the teenage mothers and the vulnerable youth to becoming self-independent.

We welcome your thoughts on this program.

Links:

• facebook page