While speaking at the ongoing African Regional World Congress of Families organised by the Foundation for African Cultural Heritage, a 20+ year-old lady shocked the packed after making some shocking revelations.
Ms Jackline Gandi, a Kenyan in her late 20s, said these at the ongoing African Regional World Congress of Families organised by the Foundation for African Cultural Heritage (FACH). Gandi shared her life experiences regarding post-abortion psychological traumas and how she has been using the experiences to counsel people with similar problems in Kenya.
Gandi said,
Gandi urged parents to create time for proper nurturing of their children to avoid s*xual abuse by men. The young woman said that her family members frowned at her pregnancy and that she had to abort the pregnancy since her boyfriend was nowhere to be found. Gandi said that when her boyfriend returned and demanded for the baby, she lied to him that she suffered a stillbirth due to the stress of looking for him. She said that after that relationship, she went into other affairs, drugs and alcohol consumption.
She also called on those already having psychological trauma to seek counsel. According to the counsellor, the baby from her sixth pregnancy is seven years old now and has started schooling.
Gandhi said that she was haunted by the post-abortion traumas and depressions and knew that she needed counselling, adding that proper counsel helped her to decide to move on with life and secure a job at an abortion clinic.
She said that she decided to join Ms Akech Aimba, the Executive Director of the organisation, to run the programmes for victims of abortion.
“I now intervene on behalf of girls and women in crisis pregnancy, and run safe, non-judgmental and confidential counsel for women suffering from psychological, emotion and effects of abortion,’’
Also, Miss Aketch Aimba, the Executive Director, Pearls and Treasures Trust, advised parents and governments to address segxwality issues among girls who, she said, were prone to segxwal abuses. Aimba currently in her 30s said that she aborted two pregnancies before she attained 18 years.
Aimba said that empowering teen mums, by mentoring them back to the path of responsible segxwality and exposing them to skills to support their children, were important. She also cautioned young people against the bad peer influence.
“The first time I tried s*x; it was not a penetrative one but I still became pregnant without knowing until after the second trimester.“I had to abort the pregnancy because I was scared and not ready for motherhood. After that, I was into another relationship which also resulted into another abortion. “I was emotionally and psychologically down which made me to hate people around me; I tried to commit suicide twice but they were not successful,’’
Aimba said that she, however, got help from a centre that was into `healing’ therapy. She said that many people with history of abortions would need post-abortion counselling.
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