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Kenya school gives second chance to teen mums forced out of classes
By NYERI, Kenya (Reuters) - The sounds of baby coos and teenage giggles punctuate the lessons at Serene Haven Secondary, a school nestled into a hill below cloud-ringed Mount Kenya.Here, 17 teenage mothers and pregnant girls - many of whom were forced out of their local schools - are getting a second chance to finish their education.In a normal year, stigma, logistics and money compel around 13,000 pregnant girls to drop out, government data show. That is likely to spike this year.COVID-19 lockdowns shut schools and fuelled an increase in adolescent pregnancies and sexual abuse, aid...…By NYERI, Kenya (Reuters) - The sounds of baby coos and teenage giggles punctuate the lessons at Serene Haven Secondary, a school nestled into a hill below cloud-ringed Mount Kenya.Here, 17 teenage mothers and pregnant girls - many of whom were forced out of their local schools - are getting a second chance to finish their education.In a normal year, stigma, logistics and money compel around 13,000 pregnant girls to drop out, government data show. That is likely to spike this year.COVID-19 lockdowns shut schools and fuelled an increase in adolescent pregnancies and sexual abuse, aid...WW…
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