Skilling Teenage Mothers

Skilling Teenage Mothers seeks to empower teenage mothers with the skills in various fields of capacity building which are capable of enabling them be self reliant and eventually improve their standards of living at the household levels.

LOCATION OF THE PROJECT: The Project will be located in partner participating organizations countries offices

PROJECT COORDINATORS: The project coordinators are partner participating organizations representatives.

OWNER OF THE PROJECT: The Project will be/is owned by Erasmus + partner European Union countries.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: It is estimated that over 2 million girls give birth before they turn 15 each year. That is equal to 5,500 very young girls a day who go directly from childhood to motherhood. These teenage mothers are often out of school, married and exposed to several economic hardships that make their lives complicated and yet they have lives to take care of thereby making their children prone to malnutrition and in extreme cases death. In some countries efforts have been made to equip these teenage mothers with sexual and reproductive health information but minimal efforts have been given to the activities which aim empower teenage mothers with skills which are capable of making them self-reliant while commendably taking care of their children and at the same time improving their standards of living at their respective household levels.
The project will therefore bring together the partner organizations to empower teenage mothers with the skills in various fields which will enable them to be self reliant and eventually improve their standards of living at the household levels.

PROJECT’S OVERALL GOAL To empower teenage mothers with the skills in various fields of capacity building which are capable of enabling them be self reliant and eventually improve their standards of living at the household levels.

JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT: The project will address the challenges which teenage mothers experience while struggling to be integrated in their respective societies.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT:
• To empower teenage mothers from all participating partners with the skills in various fields which will enable them to be self reliant and eventually improve their standards of living at the household levels.
• To enable teenage mothers from all participating partners develop important personal and interpersonal skills. These include the ability to think critically and solve problems, and the assumption of personal and group responsibility.
• To help teenage mothers from all participating partners gain self-confidence and self-esteem so as to see themselves being able to help other people, and having something important to offer.
• To help teenage mothers from all participating partners reduce the risk of becoming involved in unsafe activities, such as taking drugs, alcohol and prostitution.
• To enable teenage mothers from all participating partners develop their leadership potential, so that as they grow and learn they can become thoughtful, prepared leaders of the society.
• To help and change public perception of teenage mothers from being "the problem" to an important part of making life better in the community.

BENEFICIARIES OF THE PROJECT: The project will stand to benefit teenage mothers,parents,government departments which deal with gender issues, organizations within the targeted partner countries.

PROJECT EVALUATION: For evaluation purposes, the project countries’ coordinators will be tracking every activity and its progress at every stage. This will be in form of written reports and pictures for accountability purposes.

NB. We are looking for any European Union Organization or a University that can apply and coordinate this Project.