ABSTRACT
Young people (aged 10–19 years) make up over 23% of Sierra Leone’s population. Many live in poverties and have inadequate access to health, education and other basic services. In Koribondo village, teenagers drop out of school because some parents cannot afford to pay for school supplies and food. Others drop out due to child labour, early marriage or teen pregnancy. World Vision has been working with our community to tackle the problems affecting children and adolescents. Through a community workshop, the authors presented why they think understanding teen pregnancy is important and why they wanted to do the research ourselves. During the workshop, the community members agreed they would ensure our security. They also had daily meetings with World Vision staff to talk about what happened and how they felt during the interviews.
