11-year-old gives birth in Maun

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An 11-year-old child became a mother after bearing a child in the tourism capital of Maun.

A 12-year-old, and a 13-year-old, were also registered among child mothers as the tourism hub saw 285 underaged births at the local hospital, Letsholathebe II.

A Non Governmental Organisation in Maun called Feed A Child revealed that five babies were born by 14-year-olds and 35 babies from 15-year-old girls. The remaining 242 babies were born to teenage mothers older than 15 years.

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