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Kenyan Private'¯School'¯Opens'¯for Teen '¯Mothers, Babies

Brenda Mulinya

   NAIROBI - Jackline, who does not want to use her real name, helps out
   her fellow teen mothers tend to their babies.

   But she's not in a daycare center -- she's at school.

   After Jackline, 16, got pregnant in August, like most young mothers,
   she said she almost dropped out of school --'¯ until'¯she found Serene
   Haven.

   "When you are in a class with people who are the same, you are all the
   same, you know it's not hard," Jackline said. "You are able to focus
   because everyone has the same challenge.'¯ Because you are sure your
   baby is safe,'¯he's with the matron here,'¯and after a short while you
   will be with your child."'¯'¯

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