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Elizabeth Muriuki. She is the founder of Serene Haven Rescue Centre for teen mothers (Courtesy) A safe haven for children with babies. That is the motto of Serene Haven Girls Secondary School in Kieni, Nyeri County. The boarding school, located in Gatarakwa along the Nyeri-Nyahururu highway, doubles as a rescue centre for expectant teenagers and teenage mothers, and is home to 28 girls who live with their babies and attend classes. “I wanted to help the girls live their lives and continue their education despite the burden of motherhood and stigma after being rejected by their families for ...

The Kenyan school where mothers bring their babies to class 2 minutes read By Patricia Martínez Nyeri, Kenya, Feb 23 (efe-epa).- It is recess and a group of girls make their way from the classroom to the dormitories, where pregnant students grab some respite while others nurse babies. Since January, the Serene Haven school in central Kenya has served as an oasis for teenage mothers of the so-called Covid generation. “Most of the girls we are getting are the ones who got pregnant during the Covid period, even those with small babies were conceived during Covid lockdowns,” Kelvin Ndegwa,...

It is recess and a group of girls make their way from the classroom to the dormitories, where pregnant students grab some respite while others nurse babies.. The Kenyan school where mothers bring their babies to class | Outstanding | English edition | Agencia EFE

Kenyan School Helps Teenage Mothers Forced out of Classes February 11, 2021 FILE - Serene Haven secondary school founder Elizabeth Wanjiru talks to Josephine Wanjiru, 19, who carries her child outside a dormitory at the Serene Haven secondary school, accommodating pregnant girls and teenage mothers with their babies in Nyeri, Kenya January 20, 2021. Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:03:13 0:00 Pop-out player The Serene Haven private school in central Kenya is giving teenage mothers and pregnant girls a second chance to finish their education. Many of the girls, betw...

Teen mothers carry their children inside a library (Photo: Reuters/Monicah Mwangi) The sounds of baby coos and teenage giggles punctuate the lessons at Serene Haven Secondary, a school nestled into a hill below cloud-ringed Mount Kenya. Here, 17 teenage mothers and pregnant girls - many of whom were forced out of their local schools - are getting a second chance to finish their education. In a normal year, stigma, logistics and money compel around 13,000 pregnant girls to drop out, government data shows. That is likely to spike this year.   Serene Haven secondary school founder Elizabeth Wan...