Teen Mothers Program

Over the years of our interaction with children in CANA Club, in Kisenyi, we have realized the need to give support to Teen Mothers, whose children comprise 30% of the children in our Club. Teen Mothers refers to adolescent girls who have given birth before the age of 20 years. These girls often suffer from depression, social complexity and do not possess inadequate parenting skills.
Many acquire repeat pregnancies which increases their health risk. Their children lag developmentally and are at risk of poor health, low or no educational opportunities which persists into adolescence.
To break this cycle of child abuse and prevent these problems being passed on from generation to generation, we saw the need to start a Teen Mother’s program to help teen mothers in Kisenyi and surrounding villages. Kisenyi is an urban slum that developed along the
railway line that traverses the Namilyango valley. The area is neighboring the Namanve Business Industrial Park and attracts hundreds of people who come to work as casual laborers in these factories.