By Lancer Wao | Communications Officer
Dear Friend and Partner
Greetings, I hope this update finds you great.
We have made commendable progress in life skills education to end teenage pregnancy in Nyamira because of your generous support. Since our last reporting period for this project, we have conducted advocacy outreaches in 3 schools: Chitago, Kegwanda, and Nyanchonori in Nyamira County, Kenya. Also, we have done a radio show in Radio Minto FM-Kenya Broadcasting Corporation.
The objective of the school outreach activities was to support self-advocacy among young girls. At the time, the mid-term break was just around the corner. It is the period where there are many cases of young girls being at risk of getting pregnant. There is limited parental guidance because parents and guardians are engaged at work, businesses, or farms. Therefore, with this activity, we reminded the young girls that their future is on their hands and the painful consequences of accepting to be swayed into engaging in sexual relationships.
I know you are asking yourself, how did we explain such a complex concept to young students?
HFAW is privileged to be having community health and human rights, volunteers. The people-majority of them, being grassroots women, deeply understand their community's issues, including teenage pregnancy and female genital mutilation. Therefore, they use the popular education model and social change communication to initiate conversations on the impact of teenage pregnancy on girls and the whole community using friendly and familiar language. Attached in this report is a link showing the young girls singing the "No one should touch my private parts song" led by Joy, the HFAW grassroots coordinator.
Cumulatively, the 3 school outreach activities reached at least students while the radio show attended by Dr. Grace Mose, HFAW Founder, and CEO, reached over 80,000 listeners and 200 followers on Facebook.
To you, our supporter, as we approach the thanksgiving period, the HFAW team wants you to know that we are grateful that we have you. We are grateful that the young girls in our community can safely and interactively access life skills education. Our community is better because of how you choose to donate to our project.
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By Lancer Wao | Communications Officer
By Lancer Wao | Communications Officer
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