LIMPOPO – Teenage pregnancy seems to be getting out of hand in the province. Although this seems to be a serious challenge, Mmane Joanah Humanity Foundation adopted Sekete Secondary School in Senwabarwana, with the aim to curb teenage pregnancy.
According to the foundation, no pregnancies were recorded since the adoption of the school in 2015. The foundation held a class of 2019 motivation and congratulatory ceremony in Polokwane on Thursday.
The ceremony aimed to celebrate the learner’s good behaviours and officially sending them into their final examinations. The foundation’s founder, Joanah Ngoasheng, said they have been monitoring the school’s girl learners since 2015 without failure.
“We have our own kind of camps throughout the year which aims to make girl learners feel the pain of becoming mothers at a teenage stage.” said Ngoasheng. She added that it starts with shaping a learner towards building a better nation. “The foundation believes the country’s future is in the learners’ hands,” she said.
She said the foundation’s goal is to see all girl learners complete their Gr 12 without being disturbed by pregnancy issues.
“It is unfortunate that our young girls continue to experience early pregnancies which force them to quit school. These are our future leaders which we believe will take us to greener pastures. We are happy that all the learners had focus all along,” said Ngoasheng.
She said they hope to see the learners absorbed by varsities to sharpen their future. Bridgett Mokadi (19), a learner, said they learned a lot from the foundation’s camps.
“The foundation brought us together as a family which believes in respect and support,” said Bridgett. Another learner, Conny Nakeng, said: “The foundation sharpened and channelled us to victory.”
Collins Phaladi, a teacher, said through the foundation’s work, they have no doubt that they can produce a 100% pass rate.
“We are confident that we can make it and we look forward to the examinations,” said Phaladi.
He said the foundation has done a wonderful job for their school.
“We look forward to partner with the foundation because we believe through it, we can become one of the best schools,” he said.
