Early pregnancy has been a problem worldwide and 50 Grade 10 to 12 students were able to know more about the dangers of the matter. The students are from the Hage Geingob Senior Secondary School in Katutura, Namibia.
New Era reported that the program was started by the Monica Gender Violence Solution (MGVS) organization. The MGVS organization was recently established and it seeks to help and involve both genders in the fight against violence. The organization visited the school in order to educate the students about the dangers and the repercussions of early pregnancy amongst the female students.
The organization visited Hage Geingob Senior Secondary School last Friday and aside from talking about early pregnancy, they have encouraged children to stay optimistic as well as focus on school. The organization also urged the students to ignore unnecessary temptations that could lead to their future being ruined.
Accordingly, the students were eager to hear the lecture as they had to sit out in the open while listening to the speakers talk about early pregnancy. There was no school hall available to house the learners and the speakers during the talk but the children reportedly were attentive and happy about the lecture.
More on the content of the organization's lecture to the students, they talked about gender violence, HIV and AIDS. Aside from early pregnancy, the MGVS also said that there are negative effects of being sexually active at a very young age. The children were also told that having an older partner could be hazardous.
The speakers added that the difficulty of reaching success should not be used by the students as a reason for them to run to men and would rather have sexual intercourse rather than study. The MGVS speakers said that this will not solve their problems. After discussing the dangers of early pregnancy, MGVS continued to talk about single mothers.
MGVS secretary Petronela Namushinga said in a statement, "We also dissuaded them from that route, but advised that if they do fall pregnant, abortion and baby dumping are never a solution. If there is no family member to look after the child, they can drop the child off at our organization."
MGVS have also set up a suggestion box so that students could drop topics that they want to talk about. Follow-ups will be made at the Hage Geingob Senior Secondary School.
