Healing, Hope and Restoration: Why Uganda Must Embrace Second-Chance Education for Teenage Mothers
By Dr. Betty Udongo Pacutho, PhD
Nebbi, Uganda — “I thought my life had ended when I became pregnant.”
I have heard that sentence dozens of times from girls who come to our centre.
They are 15, 17, 19 years old. They had dreams of becoming nurses, teachers, businesswomen. Then pregnancy came, and with it, silence. Shame. Rejection. School doors closed.
But I have also seen...