No. of Teenage mothers alarm Rotarians in Bunjako landing site.

By; Our reporter

18^th October 2021

A free medical camp organised at Bunjako landing site in Buwama sub-county, Mpigi district attracted hundreds of teenage mothers a scenario that showed a problem of teenage pregnancies as not as small like some thought  in the country.

The Maternal and Child Health Community Outreach, organised by the Rotary Club of Lugogo Mango Tree and Bunjako Health Centre III was targeting to give services to at least 200 mothers. But it attracted more than 500 people, largely teenage mothers from the landing sites of Katebo, Ssenyondo and Misanvu, and Bunjako Island.

Engineer Ronald Kasozi, the President of the Rotary Club on Lugogo Mango Tree indicates that their needs assessment found that the targeted community had a huge gap in access to quality maternal healthcare services.

On the basis of this, they chose to offer medical services and essential supplies that include mother delivery kits, sanitary wear, and nutritional supplements to the most vulnerable mothers and children.

Eng Kasozi adds that the high number of child mothers who were yearning for the services was shocking, adding that the surge is visible following a long holiday caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.