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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Leaders in Kassanda District have embarked on a campaign to give girls skills to earn a living to protect them from sexual abuse.<\/p>\n

Ms Phoebe Namulindwa, the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) told Daily Monitor in an interview this week: \u201cThe district has registered 2,500 teenage pregnancy cases in 10 months. The future for these girls is already compromised. We have heard stories where some of these girls claim that they lacked the basic necessities and possibly got trapped as they tried to get some money to meet the basics. This is what we should try to fix as stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe welcome all efforts from both individuals and organisations that are focused on improving the welfare of the girl child. When these girls have income projects, they may not fall for the cheap promises from selfish men that spoil their future,\u201d Ms Namulindwa added.<\/p>\n

Ms Ritah Nagayi Buuza, the district probation officer, said they are supporting the skilling initiative for the girl child powered by Hope After Rape Organisation, an NGO, which targets girls of school-going age.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unfortunate that Kassanda was recently ranked 10th among districts with high defilement cases in a 2020 police crime report. We need to help these young girls get busy and embrace the skilling programmes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

According to the district health department, high cases of teenage pregnancies were recorded in Kalwana, Bukuya, Myanzi, Nalutuntu and Kassanda sub-counties.<\/p>\n

Mr Fred Kifubangabo, the director of Hope After Rape Organisation, said young girls have opportunity for a better life after such unfortunate incidents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we target girls that are raped, we have opened a wider door for the skilling of the young girls to avoid the tempting and compromised situations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral young girls get pregnant as they look for survival. At the end, they get enticed and fail to get the promises after getting pregnant. We believe that once these girls have some income-generating projects, it could reduce the numbers falling prey to selfish men,\u201d Mr Kifubangabo said.<\/p>\n

He said they are helping more than 3,800 young girls through economic empowerment projects.<\/p>\n

Mr Kifubangabo also said the girls are sensitised, given start-up capital for small projects, adding that about 13,000 girls in the district are expected to be benefit under a project called DREAMS.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. Leaders in Kassanda District have embarked on a campaign to give girls skills to earn a living to protect them from sexual abuse. Ms Phoebe Namulindwa, the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) told Daily Monitor in an interview this week: \u201cThe district has registered 2,500 teenage pregnancy cases in 10 months. 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