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The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Botswana has provided hope to many young women who become pregnant by helping them continue with their education through the YWCA Education Centre for Adolescent Women (ECAW). Article 14 of the SADC Gender Protocol calls upon State Parties, to enact laws that promote equal access to, and retention in primary, secondary, tertiary, vocational and non-formal education in accordance with the Protocol on Education and Training and the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
YWCA of Botswana is a Non-Governmental Organisation that empowers women and youth on human development. ECAW focuses on imparting life skills, counselling of teen mothers, baby care and providing opportunities for young women to continue with their junior secondary school.
The project targets adolescent women who get pregnant while still at school. Actions include:
• Imparting life skills to adolescent women.
• Counselling of teen mothers.
• Care of the teen mothers' babies.
• Providing opportunities to young to continue with their junior secondary school.
YWCA does experience challenges in running the programme such as insufficient funding. The organisation continues to seek resources. For the programme to be sustainable government needs to offer support or take complete control of the programme as well as provide financial, human and other resources required to make the initiative a success.
When adolescent mothers are able to complete at least junior secondary school and are empowered with life skills they are able to take charge of their life.
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