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Like many Ethiopian girls,
Mamitu Gashe married too Wet Wet Wentda,
early at 15. Her private parts a g
ds have hit U has cut
were torn when she tried to Terrible floo ater
e East. W
deliver her first baby. While in especially th 00 people, including
hospital recovering from her off over 300,0 who nee d to get to
ls
pregnant gir us hope that they
own fistula operation, she
started helping the surgeons.
o sp it al . Le t !
She could not read or write but h loped fistula
was so bright that they trained have not deve
u t the
the floods. B
Rains caused f wetlands and forests
her to operate. She has successfully repaired
the fistulas of thousands of girls and is now a o
world famous expert! Recently she went back destruction th e
h a v e m a d e
to school. She is now in P3! Amazing Mamitu. .
ovember 2
007 floods worse
tober/N Tree s a n d
o. 10 Oc
Vol. 14 N wetlands
With no protect us
money to
e
from extrem
Le t's
weather.
get to care fo r ou r
hospital, environment.
this young Right: the
girl will struggle to g
et to school.
deliver at
home. So
dangerous!
Fistula...
Fistula is:
• A double sorrow
what is it? skull of the baby and the hard females have fistula, most of
• A loss of dignity
• Holes between the pelvic bone. them girls.
vagina, bladder and
rectum. After many hours, this pressure Fistula can be
breaks down the soft tissues, repaired but...
Fistula is a very and holes form. it is a delicate and difficult
serious injury. It operation, and there are few
happens when a The urine in the girl's bladder trained surgeons. Most of the
female fails to starts flowing out of the hole in girls and women who are
deliver a baby after a the bladder and into the lucky enough to get operated
long labour. Labour vagina. The faeces in the will get better. But the best
should not go
beyond 18 hours.
rectum also escape into the way to deal with fistula is to
vagina. The girl starts to leaks prevent it.
Most females who urine and faeces all the time.
get fistula are She cannot control them. We can prevent
girls producing She is always wet. She smells. fistula and stop the
their first baby. Her clothes are stained. She silent suffering by:
The space cannot go in public. • Refusing early/forced
between their marriage. Girls, you have
pelvic bones is Adolescent girls: most better options!
too small for the at risk • Delaying sex until you are
baby to get out. It This is because they are not 18-20. Girls, wait till your
gets stuck inside fully developed for body is fully grown.
the girl. childbearing. World Health • Boys, respect girls and do
No amount of Organisation says two million not impregnate them.
pushing can get the
baby out.
The baby usually dies. The
girl's organs are torn and get
holes in them.
SYFA
YES, you can. Genital fluids of
infected people are rich in HIV. If
there is any exchange of sexual
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O. Bo 3666
2236 fluids between you and your
P.P. O. P A L A partner, you can get or transmit HIV
M
KK AA M P A L A even if you withdraw before
finishing. Use condoms correctly
everytime.
Is it true that if you start sex
early you can become infertile? Myth
Bengo LC 1 youth in Bugiri working in their garden: Is it true that eating too much
Nawanya P, Busolwe Student’s “We advise fellow youth to form clubs to fight
Center, Butaleja cassava can increase vaginal
poverty and famine.” fluids? Namande O, 17,
YES, Nawanya! Early sex exposes
you to STDs, which often lead to Some religions and cultures oppose Kiryandongo SS, Masindi
infertility. The bacteria can cause I had sex with a girl. After a few masturbation, but most doctors NO, it is not true! Normal vaginal
scars that block your fallopian tubes days my urethra started think it is a normal way for discharge is caused by hormones.
preventing your egg from meeting paining. I am worried! TR, adolescents to manage sexual The quantity has nothing to do
the sperm cell of the male in Kanungu feelings. Just do not overdo it. Take with what you eat. It depends on
fertilisation. Also, early sex exposes TR, a painful urethra is a sign that it easy. where the girl is in her menstrual
you to HIV which you can pass to bacteria has entered the urinary cycle and on sexual excitement.
your baby. Doctors do have tract and you have an infection. Family Planning
medicine that reduces the chance Rush for check up at a health Can a girl who is using Family Rich guy with HIV
of mothers giving HIV to their center or hospital. We guess you Planning (FP) get pregnant after I tested for HIV with my
babies. But it is not 100%: some did not use a condom. TR, think having sex? Ahura E, S2, Kitara boyfriend and he turned out
babies still get infected. Mums with about why that was. And please, S.S, Hoima positive. My mum is forcing me
HIV should have few babies you need to inform that girl. She YES and NO. It is YES, if the girl to love him because he is rich.
because reproducing strains their seems to have given you an STD, does not use the FP as the health N M, Buliisa SS, Mubende
bodies, and they need to stay so she also needs to get treated. worker advises. It is NO when the Help your boyfriend to see a
strong for the children they already Watch out. Your fertility is at risk, girl uses it correctly. FP methods counselor about septrin and
have. as is hers. Do not let the STD such as pills and injections are positive living. A big part of positive
destroy your ability to have babies. extremely effective if you follow their living is that he should NEVER
Multiple partners schedule. If a girl takes her pill infect you. Marriage is your
Is it true that if you have sex Strength of the everyday at the same time, she is decision, not your mum’s. You do
with more than one girl you can penis very very unlikely to get pregnant. not say you love this man. It will be
get HIV though they are Is it true that if you abstain The only problem with family hard for you to stay
negative? Mulekeezi H, from sex your penis becomes planning is that when a girl is on HIV-free if you
Kyakabadiima SS, Kibale weak and impotent? injections or pills, the young couple marry him. You can
Your question is complicated. If all Obewo J, 17, Kings of Kings ST relaxes on condom use because leave him. Get back
the girls are negative, then you Club, Iganga they no longer fear pregnancy. But to your books. Your
cannot get HIV from them. But how NO, that is a wrong belief. The size pills and injections do not protect life is ahead of you.
do you know that they are negative? and strength of your penis is not against HIV/STDs. So you need Do not mess it up. Counsellor:
Having sex with many partners determined by sexual practice. So both: a hormonal FP method and Jerolam Omach, Straight
creates a mess in your life. Even if long as you can have erections, Talk
none of them has HIV, are you your penis is normal and will be
ST Club Activity
ready to deal with their fathers and able make a woman pregnant as
brothers? With the fights and well as give her sexual enjoyment.
jealousy? Do not even contemplate Obewo, congs to you if you are one
having more than one girl! Herbert, of those abstaining! Now better be What new thing have you learnt from this
get one who you can be serious the king of the abstinence club in ST? How can you use this knowledge to
about. Study her. Does she love your school! make your life safer? Discuss this in your
you? Be faithful to her. Make
club and let everyone take part.
protection a number one thing in Masturbation
your relationship. Is it true that when someone
masturbates, he or she loses
One sexual virginity? Muyingo M, S3,
encounter Kawempe Mixed SS, Kampala
Can having sex only once make NO, it is not true! Masturbation is
a girl pregnant? Mukabalanga A, where an individual manipulates his
Buliisa SS, Mubende or her genitals to get sexual
YES! You do not need to have sex satisfaction. Virginity means you
100 times to get pregnant. If you are have never had penetrative sex. So
having sex without protection, the Martin, if you have never had sexual
girl will certainly get pregnant. And intercourse, you are a VIRGIN.
once is enough.
ould not
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stop you from bein ts you
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2 Straight Talk, October/November 2007
Every delivery is an emergency waiting to happen. Many girls have narrow bones. They can only deliver by operation.
Delivering at home is not a sign of bravery. The baby can easily die. The girl can also die or be injured terribly. Fistula is never a curse.
My baby...
Alice's story
Alice16, left school in S2. (No school
Where is my fees...) One day when she was
baby? Why am I walking home, a boda boda man
leaking urine? offered her a lift. He took her to his
house, locked her in and raped her.