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Teenage Mothers
Initiative

adolescent girls who had dropped out of school as a result of early and unplanned pregnancies.

It is an association
of women,

women’s groups and organizations working
together to ensure that teenage mothers are able to thrive

Live a life of dignity and purpose

The number of teenage mothers in Uganda is increasing

TEEMI Mission

To prevent adolescent pregnancies, child marriages and harness the socio-economic, sexual and reproductive health potentials of adolescent girls through consistent implementation of quality programs with reliable and predictable results that are informed by rigorous research and learning from the field’s best practices.

Earned community respect

These adolescent mothers were despised and not respected in their communities. Today, they have earned back their respect.

Support the teenage mothers

The number of teenage mothers in Uganda is increasing and this is being fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Teenage mothers face a myriad of challenges and this is has been worse with the COVID-19 that has seen many teenage girls concede. While many of them would like to continue with education and achieve their dreams, there are many obstacles that cause them to become pregnant and drop out of school. Forced and early marriages, lack of information, misinformation, insufficient information and myths are some of the reasons behind teenage pregnancy crisis.