Early morning in Nyeri, 100 kilometers from Kenya’s capital Nairobi(内罗毕) 17-year-old Cynthia Wairimu makes her way to class. She is in her final year of primary school (8th grade) and will take her final exams in December. She gave birth to her daughter Eunice last month. Cynthia is part of the Pick Me Up program that has helped more than 100 teen mothers finish school since it started in Kenya two years ago. The government and the United Nations say that every year, 13,000 girls leave school early in Kenya because of having babies.
Hawa Wangech is the teacher of 20 teen mothers. “Getting the teen mothers is the biggest problem since they are afraid to come out and look for help and go back to school,” she explained. “Secondly, they are poor,so getting back into school is difficult.” Pick Me Up is run by members who give $10 a month. “The government has not yet introduced sex education in schools, so this is to help the girl.And we can be able to fill in the gaps and make this world a better place to live in,” the head of Pick Me Up, Waithera Chege said. Finishing school helps them make more money, which can mean a better life for both her and her child.
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