Tanzania: An Early Pregnancy, Bane to Education

Once I found this site I couldn't believe how incredible it was. I have recently just finished a class called Environmental Science, and in this class we discussed about how in Africa many of the girls have started taking contraceptives so they don't become pregnant becuase they don't have the money, food, or shelter to raise a child in. Their living conditions are very poor, and the rate for malaria is very high. Reading through this site they discuss how many of the young women who are obtaining contractptives don't realize that it does not prevent against HIV/AIDS. In this article the writer discusses the various studies that have been done and how having a child in awful iving conditions really affects the child, but not only the child, it also affects the mother.

Researchers have shown in various studies that teenage women that have given birth to children at young ages are more likely to commit suicide over a teenager that has not given birth or ever been pregnant. It's so  sad to hear things like this and to even read about them. In Africa women who have been abused or surrounded by drugs are more likely to become pregnant in their teenage  years, and are at a higher risk of treating their child how they were treated. The low poverty level and with the fact of teens/kids dropping out of school at younger ages are all factors that lead to the idea of teens becoming pregnant. This is heavily occurring in Tanzania, Africa, and becoming a major concern for those government officials.

In order for these teens to go to school they have to rent a house basically, far away from where their family lives because there are no schools located around or near the family house. Since their is no adult supervision around these teens, they go crazy when out on their own, and just don't really care about anything. This is why pregnancy levels are sky rocketing in places like Tanzania. This is why various ages of teens are finding local health clinics to provide them with the information and the contrnaceptives that their families are unable to provide. Overall, it's a process and I don' like to hear about things like this because it makes me want to go over their an educate these kids more, just so they have a general idea of what in the world is really going on!