BETTER Opportunities for a Young Mother and Her Family
Rose* is an 18-year-old girl living in Alibi A village in Loro Sub-county of Oyam District in Uganda. Rose lives with her mother and her 14-month-old baby. When Rose finished… Read More
Announcing the Launch of the Bantwana Regional Network!
The Bantwana Initiative is pleased to announce that it is transitioning to local leadership through the new, independent Bantwana Regional Network. The Network brings together Bantwana Initiative national organizations…
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Building Economic Resilience for Mothers and Caregivers of Adolescent Girls: One Step Forward
Poverty seems like an unexplainable phenomenon in Bashey village of Karatu District in northern Tanzania. With one planting season that lasts hardly three months per year, reliance on farming enterprises,… Read More
Delivery of Health and Social Services to Vulnerable Communities in Mozambique
The estimated HIV adult prevalence rate in Manica, Mozambique, is 13.5% (IMASIDA). Among other things, the presence of a heavily trafficked border post contributes to Manica’s high HIV prevalence rate.… Read More
A Young Mother Prepares for High School
Sakhile Vilakati, age 21, lives in Siphofaneni in the Lubombo region of Eswatini. Since both of her parents passed away nine years ago, she has been living with her guardian,… Read More
Regina: Reintegrated into School, Staying Healthy, and Educating Other Youth
Regina Alberto, age 16 from Mozambique, became the head of her family when she lost her mother to a long illness in 2017 after her father had long since passed… Read More