SKY Magazine Issue 25 Repro

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Larona cutie :* : “Hi SKY”
SKY: “Hi Larona”
Larona cutie :* : “I know you guys talk about
shapo ka smoking. Ne ke ipotsa if it’s ok to
talk about teenage pregnancy?”
SKY: “Yes love, everything we feature on our
magazine is what girls in Botswana want to
talk about. So wassup?”
Larona cutie:* : “ Thebathong I wanna talk
to young people about teenage pregnancy
because there are many girls in my school
that drop out because of it. Please help, how
can I inspire young people?”
SKY: Hi Larona, that’s amazing that you feel
the need to inspire young people and talk to
them about a problem you’ve noticed in your
school. Keep it up!
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Let me ask you a few questions:
Teenage
pregnancy
1. Don’t you guys have this discussion in
your guidance and counselling class,
kana ko Moral Education?
2. What message would you like to send to
your school mates?
3. And lastly, why do you think the girls in
your school fall pregnant?
Larona cutie :* : “Well first of all, I think
adults like to pretend gore young people
aren’t having sex but then act shocked
when their daughters fall pregnant. It really
upsets me when many girls leave school to
have babies when they could be getting an
education. It’s not fair to not give young
people the right tools and information they
need to stay safe and prevent pregnancy so
that they can stay in school and finish. That’s
why I’m passionate about this topic because
it affects girls’ education. Gape we always
shame girls when they fall pregnant which is
not ok.
Even our parents don’t want to talk to us
about sex so I wonder where they think we’re
gonna learn anything. Some young girls are
taken advantage of ke basimane ba ko UB
kana those that are working just because
they are young and naïve kana ba se confident
to say NO! The guys ba ba bolella gore they
can take care of them and send them airtimenyana
or buy them stuff they can’t afford.
I have a friend, she’s 16 dating a guy yoo
ko Limko o mo bechetsa ka Nandos and I’m
scared she might get pregnant because she
keeps missing her periods. So I think we need
to talk more about this with our teachers and
our parents. Kana legale SKY can actually
discuss this on the magazine kana on SKY
Live?”
SKY: You seem like a really smart girl with
a bright future. We’re really proud of you
and the level of maturity you possess to
recognize such a need in young people’s
education. Thank you for being a voice for
many girls around Botswana <3 You bring up
important points as to why young girls fall
pregnant. Like what you said, to protect our
girls, sex education is necessary to have in
the curriculum and at home. Otherwise young
people are going to do whatever they think
is right but fail. We also need to make sure
boys and men take responsibility when it
comes to safe sex. The older men you mention
should be reported when they impregnate
a school girl. What’s a UB dude doing with
a high school girl in school uniform? They
should leave them to finish and graduate.
Do they not care about their future?
#LeaveTeenageGirlsAlone! You have ignited
such an interesting topic Larona and we hope
we can meet you so we talk in person. Maybe
SKY can come to your school? ;)
Larona cutie :*: “Woowww!! Thank you soooo
much SKY. I’m so happy we have SKY Girls
and we can talk about everything because we
need this.”