School where pupils go with their babies

Girls Advocacy Alliance Ukunda Tenga Ali Mwinyihaji talks to young mothers who got children before they finished school in Mgogoni village. They have been assisted to go back to school and in class with their babies. (Jenipher Wachie, Standard)

At Mkokoni Primary School in Kwale County, a little boy crawls across the classroom, letting out a playful squeal. Another child, who is barely two years, scurries past a teacher who is educating a group of girls on the tenets of English language. 

The girls repeat what the teacher is saying in unison. Some of them have babies latched on their breasts and eyes focused on the blackboard. Occasionally, the children join in the repetition and their voices merge to become a confused choir their teacher Mwinyihaji Tenga has gotten used to.