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VOICE IN OFF:
Mbalu’s passion for education serves as an pregnancy (n.):
incentive for other teenage girls. She’s a guide embarazo
at E.L.A., a UNICEF-supported adolescent training (n.):
club for girls. entrenamiento

SALMA BABU: ELA is empowerment and livelihood for
adolescents. The principal objective of the project is the
reduction of the teenage pregnancy among teens.

MBALU: I encourage them not to give up of school and
teach them how to protect themselves, so that they can
have a good life.

SALMA BABU: We're training about teenage pregnancy,
early marriages, family planning, HIV, AIDS etc. They select
one of the club leaders who comes in for training then she
goes back and train
the adolescents.

MBALU: As a guide
I often meet with
pregnant girls. They
are sometimes sad
and discouraged. I
meet with them and
they tell me their
stories. I advise them.

AMINATA KARGBO:
My friends at school
started gossiping
about me being
pregnant and that
makes me feel very
ashamed.

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