There are people who have low self-esteem and believe that they giving it up cannot achieve their goals. They say that we should not look back so as not to return but. I look back again to confirm everything I have been able to achieve. And I know that I am capable of much more.” This is how confident Francis is, a young Nicaraguan woman who, at only years old, is studying systems engineering, works and raises her baby alone , only with the help of her mother. And Nicaragua is the country with the highest number of teenage pregnancies in all of Latin America. Almosl of all pregnancies register in the country are among young people between and years old. A serious health problem, since adolescents in these age ranges are twice as likely to die from complications during pregnancy than women between and years of age. In the case of children under years of age, the irrigation is multipli by four.
Francis participates in our crafts project
That we carry out in the rural municipalities of Jinotega, Matagalpa and San Rafael del Norte. “When they told us about the project, I was interest in the fine porcelain part. I was very attract to all the samples that the teacher brought and I believ that this was a good deal and easy to sell. That’s why I was very interest in participating. “We learn to Brazil WhatsApp Number Data make rosaries, keychains, decorate cups and pendants.” Educo project crafts in Nicaragua When she start she didn’t think she was capable of learning because she says she found it very difficult, but now, with practice, she doesn’t have any problems, she’s even starting to sell her crafts with which she earns extra income. “This project helps me a lot. I make more friends and amuse myself by learning new things. I have already made several ornaments and have taken them to sell at the university and advertise them on WhatsApp and my networks.
Young people with training
A degree have more options to obtain a more job with a better salary. Francis assures that it is very difficult for her to be a single mother working and studying at the same time. I have the support of my mother who helps me take care of my baby. But everything else is up to me. I have to get up early to get to class because the town. Is far away and leave Hong Kong WhatsApp Number List everything ready for my child. When I leave university I must travel to the community again, almost running, to open a store. I have and at night do homework and take care of my son. It’s very complicat, I end up exhaust.” But that doesn’t mean she thinks about giving up because she claims to be a faithful defender of the power of education : “I believe a lot in education, that’s why I never thought about giving it up despite being a single mother.