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My family turned against me when I got pregnant at 13, but I found ways to survive

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 younger sisters were in lower primary but in different schools.

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