Teenage Mothers' Centre or TMC was founded
in June 2008. It is located 21 Km on the Kampala-Masaka High way, in
Wakiso District. The Centre is found just immediately after London
College of St. Lawrence.
Areas of Focus:
- Advocacy and community sensitization to create awareness
- Training, education, Income Generation and development
- Counseling and reconciliation
- Shelter and home care
Type of Organization : Non Governmental
Organization
MISSION
To bring Reproductive Health Information
and Education to teenagers and help young teenage mothers realize their full potentials
through protection and promotion of their rights, provision of life and vocational
skills, education and early childhood development and nutrition training.
VISION
Teenage Ugandans free from
the consequences of premarital and unhealthy sexual encounters.
GOAL
To contribute to the
reduction in number of teenagers that become parents in Uganda.
OBJECTIVES
- To disseminate Reproductive Health Information
- To protect and promote the human rights of
teenage mothers and their babies
- To involve parents in the struggle by advocating
for parent – children dialogue
- To advocate for all measures that reduce teenage
pregnancy
- To provide shelter and home care to rejected
pregnant teenage girls
- To offer counseling and encourage reconciliation
- To offer life and vocational skills for self
reliance
- To offer training on nutrition and child care as
a measure of preparing teenage mothers to encounter the enormous
responsibility that accompanies child bearing and reduce child mortality.
- To collaborate with other bodies / agencies that
promote children and health issues.
STRATEGIES ADOPTED
- Advocacy for creating awareness and community
sensitization on SRHR
- Behavioral Change Communication
- Home shelter and care
- Medical facilitation
- Counseling and reconciliation
- Formal school reintegration and Vocational skills
training
TARGET AUDIENCE
- Community members and leaders
- Children and youth (teenagers)
- Opinion leaders
- Parents and Guardians
- Policy makers
- NGO Network (especially those working on children
issues)
TARGET REGION
National level
