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Day of girl child: My struggle raising three children due to early pregnancy

Cynthia Barasa during interview at her rural home at Khanyiririsi village in Lugari. She got pregnant at a tender age of 13. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Cynthia Barasa, 25, lost her mother in 2007, just after she had turned 12.

She was a Standard Six pupil at Masindu Friends Yearly Meeting (FYM) primary school in Bungoma County. Her three sisters younger sisters were in lower primary but in different schools.

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