Out of the over 1,400,000 learners who dropped out of school in 2022, 48% were at primary school UDHS 2022.  According to UNICEF 44% girls in Uganda are married off before their 18th birthday and over 24% of girls aged 15-19 have already begun child bearing with an average of two children according to Uganda Bureau of statics (UBOS).

Globally, 12 million girls marry before the age of 18 each year. We need to act swiftly and go 20 times faster now, to prevent more than 150 million girls from becoming child brides by 2030. Most girls are therefore at a high risk of “Missed Opportunity” whose consequences are generational. 

Sadly most youth are troubled by poverty, lack of role models, too much information over load due to technology, easy access to drugs, low self-esteem, with a 34% lacking menstrual education and access to sanitary products.