lensinurses, emgungungundlovu enhlan“okwamanje ukusebenza kusazour doctors and other staff nonhlanhla malevu, said she hoped ganweni who i--nehawu uthe bengase-- oqhubeka ngokwejwayelekile members were very enthusiastic the information shared by thekodthree benzi abaneme neze ngendlela izinto wa angekewill size“hit sikusebenze in assisting to keep our girls at school. partners home” for ukusepupils. ezihamba ngayo. “copesville is a very impoverished benza “we okwengeziwe have seen an [overtime],” alarming inuthe: abasebenzi school where“akusibo we received reports of kubeka crease yena. in pregnancies at the school, basemgungundlovu ababuqhube wathi uma kungukuthi adolescent girls who kuphela are sometimes which is becoming the norm. as teachhekene nkinga abaseizimpendulo ezicacile forced to nale stay at homekodwa when they are abazitholi ers, we are worried and hope our pubenzi besifundazwe imali yabothat kuze menstruating becausesonke they abasedo not okanye pils willabayitholi use the information was benzela u--ems. “ngesikhathi sonto bazothatha have access to sanitary pads.”sikhu-- kuphele shared leli with them to make elinye wiser luma nabaphathi bethu sibuza copesville high school is also bat-- igxathu choices.”lokuthi babike kubantu mayelana daba basitshela babo tling to curbnalolu reckless sexual behav-- abakhulu grade okudlula 11 pupilabaphathi dimakatso ukuthi abanayo kade nabo. iour, which saw atimali leastiphelile. 30 pupils fall-- labo mona saidbexoxisana she was very grate(ngomsombuluko) ing “namhlanje pregnant in 2016. ful“makungukuthi for the sanitary kumele pads. siqhubsebesitshela bazothintana size sifike addressing ukuthi pupils, sister farzana eke “i live in emnyangweni a shelter and wezemnathiwarned basaziseofukuthi kuzokwenzaksizokwenza lokho pillay the dangers of engag-- pilo thisuqobo donation will make a kodwa alani sisaxoxisana ing in ngaphambi unprotectedkokuba sex. kuphele leli okwamanje huge difference. i am one nabaphasonto. bakwa--ems “engaging in unprotected sex not thi of the pupils whouma does kungukuthi phambili. only“sifuna results inizimpendulo pregnancy, butezicacile you also abasisizi not have sizodlulela access to saniukuze sizokwazi senza njani. “kunabantu amaput yourself at riskukuthi of contracting sexu-- tary towels andabasebenza i am ally transmitted diseases. the boy sometimes forced to may not necessarily tell you he has anamahora miss school because of nankunabantu abasebenza angama--60 std so you need to put yourself first it. i have friends from gaphezulu ngenyanga, cabanga ke ukuthi leyo and think about how decisions you poor families who imalini face take today will impact on your future,” the same dilemma evsaid pillay. ery month too, and we a grade 11 teacher at the school, are really grateful.”