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Teen Pregnancy in Uganda

Hope, 17 in the group ward at a nearby hospital. She is being treated for malaria and sickle cell anemia. She worries where she will live after she delivers her baby. She wishes to make up with her father who kicked her out of the house when he found out she was pregnant. Her dream is to finish school though she is concerned with how she will afford her school fees. After the birth of her baby, she was able to return to her family in a war-affected area in the north, and received a scholarship from a church in her village to continue her education.
Hope, 17 in the group ward at a nearby hospital. She is being treated for malaria and sickle cell anemia. She worries where she will live after she delivers her baby. She wishes to make up with her father who kicked her out of the house when he found out she was pregnant. Her dream is to finish school though she is concerned with how she will afford her school fees. After the birth of her baby, she was able to return to her family in a war-affected area in the north, and received a scholarship from a church in her village to continue her education.