Teen mothers in Kenya face stigma, poverty and school dropout as adolescent pregnancies continue rising across the country.
More than 300,000 adolescents become parents every year, with many dropping out of school.[istock]
At just 16, Stacy Mueni got pregnant. Though so evident, she remained in denial.
Mueni, from Mukuru in Nairobi, hid the pregnancy from her mother and kept off her peers, terrified of what lay ahead. Sadly, the man responsible disowned the pregnancy.
To avoid questions, she told people she was suffering from H. pylori, a bacterial stomach infection.
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