Growing up in a village in Tanzania’s Kiteto district in the Manyara region, Rachel Daudi a 19-year-old single mother of a two-year-old child, had limited knowledge of and access to reproductive health services. In her community, it is uncommon—and often disapproved of—for young people to get information on reproductive health while still living with their
When we met 19-year-old Jovie Erillia, mother to two-year-old Jhon Kyle, at her home in Santa Margarita in Samar, Philippines, she was living with her partner and his family. She had just turned 16 when she realized she was pregnant, the only one among her friends to face a pregnancy while still in school. “Shocked”
In the community of Santa Cruz Barillas, in the western highlands of Huehuetenango in Guatemala, a shared dream between adolescents and health care providers was in the making. The vision was clear: to ensure that young people have access to high-quality, comprehensive health services. Despite efforts to strengthen the community’s health system, which have included
