Teen Mothers Empowerment and Support Program
All Programmes
YIKE in partnership with the Domestic Workers and Waste Pickers Group, a CBO from Mathare, is implementing the Teen Mothers Empowerment & Support Program. The program improves the socioeconomic status and health outcomes of teen mothers in Mathare and other informal settlements within Nairobi.
Key Activities
- GBV awareness training and counselling
- GBV dialogues and community training
- Sporting activities by teen mothers
- Focus group discussions on drug abuse and GBV
- Purchase and distribution of dignity kits
- Football tournament to raise awareness on teenage pregnancies
Impact
730 people reached: football tournament (500), ward dialogues (30 per ward × 6 wards = 180), dignity kits distributed (15), focus group discussions (25 × 2 = 50).