Support 225 adolescent mothers to thrive in Uganda

I love to hear how the work we do makes a difference to young lives so it was really great to get this recent feedback from our Ugandan girls and young womens project. Brenda is one of our Community Mentors and is active in her area as an "agent for change".This is her story:

“I am proud to have been part of the training organised by Act4africa. Impregnated at an early age, I thought all my dreams had been shattered and I would never be able to pursue my career again”.

Every one judged me for having got pregnant at such an early age when I was still at school. But through Act4Africa training, I was encouraged and consequently I was able to enroll back at school.I have been able to set my goals straight again and this time am more committed to working towards them without being deceived by any person whether men or my peers.

And as a teenage mother, I want to be an agent of change for other young girls and mothers in my community through training them about realities of their lives and encourage girls who have gone through similar situations as mine to forget their past mistakes rather use them as lessons for their future

“You realize majority of us make mistakes because we are innocent about our sexual lives or we have never been told about certain things concerning our lives by our parents or people around us. I want to give a better chance to young girls and mothers to be told the realities of their lives and I want to create more people like me in my community”

Over the next 6 months we will be training another 90 young women like Brenda as Community Mentors. We hope to bring you news of their progress in future reports.Thank you so much for your support. It makes a huge difference.