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CHEPSEON LOCATION LEADERS TO PARTNER WITH DLSF IN ADDRESSING TEENAGE PREGNANCIES

On Friday 28th September 2018, our team led by the Founding Director Ms. Daisy Kosgey Mugiira held a consultative forum with the local administration of Chepseon Location in Kericho County.

The agenda of the meeting was to seek involvement of the local administration in addressing the issue of teenage pregnancies.

The forum brought together 58 persons who included, the area Chief Mr. John Koskei, his assistants, the Ward Administrator – Chepseon, the Personal Assistant to the Area Member of County Assembly (MCA),

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TO REDUCE POVERTY IN COMMUNITIES, ADDRESS ADOLESCENT PREGNANCIES

Teenage/Adolescent pregnancies refers to pregnancies carried by adolescent girls especially between the age of 10 and 19years. In Kenya, the rates of teenage pregnancies are high at 18% which translates to 1 in every 5 girls being expectant or being a teenage mother.

The leading cause attributed to the teenage pregnancies by various studies is poverty. However, the question is on what leads to the other. Does poverty lead to teenage pregnancies or do teenage pregnancies lead to poverty?

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