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Caro cuddles her two-month-old baby as she ponders what the future holds for her and the little one. A resident of Kisumu’s Otonglo area, Caro was a form two student last year at a school not far from her home. During the long December holidays, she had a short fling with a schoolboy from a boarding school. Before long, she realised she was pregnant.
“At first, I thought of getting rid of the baby before my parents could know but I did not not know where to do it. Soon, my mum got to know what was going on and I had no choice but to carry the pregnancy to term,” says Caro, 16.
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