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Words of Hello,
Wisdom cute
.....he must be able to baby!
manage his own family
well and make his Make every baby
you have a
children obey him with planned and
all respect. For if a man wanted baby.
does not know how to When you marry,
delay your first
manage his own family, pregnancy by one year. Then space each
how can he take care of birth at least three years apart. Postpone
the church of God getting pregnant until you are over 20. This
I Timothy 3:4-5 is a message for boys as well as girls!
o. 4 A pril 2006
Vol. 13 N

Family planning
Do you blame other
people for yuor life?

fights poverty
Listen how you talk.
count how many times you use
blaming phrases such as: "it's
because mypeers make me do
it..." or "It's the
In Uganda, the population is governement's fault..."
growing so fast that the
country cannot build enough Stop worrying about and
schools or provide enough It's safe
blaming things you have no
basic services.
control over or cannot change.
For every classroom that is built, These include your gender
another one is needed. Classrooms
It's healthy
are filled up as fast as they are built. (sex), your tribe, home area,
Where are we heading with such fast the weather, or the economic
population growth?
It reduces deaths status of your parents.
of mothers and
Poverty babies.
Today large families are part of the consentrate on things you can
poverty picture. Having many control, such as your actions
children almost always makes families
poorer.
and attitude.
It reduces
In Uganda poor families have on quarrels over
land, family vio- Focus your energy on things
average 8.5 children. The most
prosperous families have on average lence and misery you can do something about.
four children. over school fees.
Take personal responsibility
When children are many, poverty is It's our future!
passed down to the next generation. for your life. You can turn
Poverty becomes a way of life and not setbacks into triumphs!
a temporary problem.

Missing our targets Be highly-effective young


Just like a person has plans, Uganda responsibility of all of us. age of 20. More adolescents to
In 2006 the Ministry of Health is re- postpone sex until marriage. person. Miss Uganda visited
as a country has plans. But popula-
tion growth is disrupting them and launching family planning. All sexually-active adolescents to Straight Talk in March.
making us miss our targets. The Ministry wants: Fewer girls to increase use of contraception. Read We felt blessed by
Family planning is the personal give birth while they are under the this Straight Talk to learn more.
her beaty and intelli-

Write the story of your life


gence.

This newspaper was produced by two


Straight Talk clubs in Sironko:
Muyembe Health Centre IV Straight Talk club and Nabbongo SS Youth
Straight Talk Club. Their members were “journalists for a day”.

They wrote their stories and did peer interviews. They also asked
questions. Can you answer them? See page 4

Want to be a Journalist for a Day? This is a


project of Newspapers in Education. Write
to Straight Talk, PO Box 22366, Kampala.
Fred Simitit, chair of the Nabbongo SS Youth ST Club, Praise Akankwasa is
collects letters for Khukanika Lubuula, Straight Talk's studying mass communica-
radio show in Lumasaba, on Open Gate at 730 pm every
tions at Makerere.
Saturday.
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Land
Land and
the
and school
the big
school fees:
big issues
issues for
fees:
for boys
boys
Sironko students talk about family planning
In some families brothers In Sironko, the girls did

Land getting divided! Fragmenta-


have killed each other in
the struggle to inherit land.
not talk about land.
They worried about the Health, safety, love:
danger of delivery, the
Five wives, 16 children tion of land causes soil deple-
My father has five wives and 16 children. We tion, poor harvests, hunger Look at
our
health of babies and
the atmosphere in the the big issues for girls
children are not comfortable. We have little
land and we have not progressed with
and poverty. father's
home.
studies. land. Our Family planning keeps Family planning is
pieces mothers young about producing
I am an S4 leaver. I intend to have four We are
children by use of pills though I use condoms five are so Family planning helps mothers not to healthy children.
small. grow old at an early stage. It helps Babies born close together usually do Is the father
with my girlfriend. J Vaya, 17, Nabongo SS, sons! them to feed their children in a good
Sironko not grow so well because they do not of this baby
way. Justine Khatukha, 18, get enough special care and atten- helping this
Muymebe HS tion. young
Eleven sons, no land mother?
My father has 14 children. Because of this the Family planning will help us reduce
11 males do not have land for settlement. I Family planning the number of children dying before
like family planning. It teaches people how to increases love the age of five.
space newborns. I want to have five children Family planning helps parents to have Boys and men need to Famiily
Fam ly plannn
pla niing
ng pr
pre
evven
ents gi
girrls
ls
so that I can educate them.
B Watibini, Muymebe ST Club, Sironko
more time totalk to their children. It
can also reduce violence in the home
support their partners to an
andd women from dy dyiinng
g in
use family planning to stop
by reducing stress. Girl, 16,
Muymebe HS girls and women dying.
ch
chiildbiirth
ldb rth and unsa
and saffee ab
abo
orrtio
tion
Four children, all schooling
My parents use family planning. We are four JOURNALIST FOR A DAY Doreen was a journalist for the day. She is a Death in childbirth is very commo
n in Uganda and is a
children. I am the eldest. My father has result was that land was not enough. F member of the Muyembe Health Centre IV Straight Talk club. big risk for females who have bab
ies:
managed to pay for my school fees up to my Napokoli, 18, S3, Muyembe HS. • too early (under the age of 20)
O’level. My second brother is in S2 and my • too close together (less than thre
e years apart)

Basic facts on contraception


sisters are in primary. I want to have four • too many (the risks rise after you
children like my dad. I will space them every Many children, land gone go fo r fa m ily pl an ni ng • too late (after the age of 35).
have had four)
W he re to
five years. My wife and I will use pills or Our family did not know about family
nning services
condoms, or draw up a time table for sex. L planning and produced many children. This You can get quality family pla Family planning will help us to red
uce what doctors
er can say that
Kuranga, Nabongo SS. forced Daddy to sell some land so that we everywhere. No Straight Talk Barrier methods of family planning physically stop time, such as in the evening. Fertility returns immediately call maternal mortality -- mothers
dying in pregnancy
go for counsel-
survive. A Wasukira, S3, 16, Nabbongo they did not know where to the sperm cell and the egg from meeting. The most that you miss a pill. and childbirth. Uganda has one of
the highest rates of
ir bab ies! Visit a
My parents had many children. The end SSS ling on how to space the used or known barrier method is condoms. mothers dying in the world -- a nat
ional tragedy.
tre, the Fam ily
government health cen Injections contain more hormone so they prevent
n, Ma rie Sto pes or the Abortion is also very common in
Planning Associatio The male condom is a latex tube that fits over the pregnancy for three months. They are the most popular Uganda. One in every

Family planning clinic of a private midwife. erect penis and prevents the semen from entering family planning for women in Uganda! After you stop five pregnancies ends in abortion.
Yet unsafe abortion
the female. The female condom is made of strong injections, fertility will return within a few months. is illegal and dangerous. Wouldn't
Talk's Lumasaba it be better to
Below is Irene Kituyi, Straight flexible plastic and is inserted into the vagina to prevent these unwanted pregnancie

rests the womb itha, a private s with family


radio show presenter, with Tab catch the semen. Implants prevent pregnancy for several years. The planning?
Ma nafa district.
midwife in Kimaluli Butta, hormone is contained in small tubes that are placed
e a Stra ight Talk sign.
Friendly clinics often hav Condoms are the only contraceptives that also under the skin of the woman's arm. She cannot feel the
Mummy died
protect against HIV/STDs. But they only prevent tubes and they cannot be seen. Implants are good for
Midwife Norah pregnancy and infection when used correctly. women who want a more long-acting method. giving birth.
Gidudu is in
charge of Hormonal methods of contraception prevent the The IUD or coil is a small plastic loop and copper loop
Muyembe Health female from releasing an egg at ovulation. They placed in the uterus by a doctor or midwife. It prevents
Centre IV, include pills, injections and implants. They are pregnancy for up to 12 years.
John Vaya is an S4 leaver highly effective at preventing pregnancy but do not
from Nabbongo SS. As a Sironko, which
Straight Talk journalist for provides a full Give this baby a prevent HIV/STDs. Permanent methods such as tubal ligation or vasec- What do we do
a day, he interviewed
range of family chance! W Wai t an-
ait tomy are for older couples who have completed their now that she
planning. othe r thre e years Pills: the female must take one everyday at the same families. is dead?
Midwife Gidudu. od uc ing
before pr
again. Get fi nan-
John: What is family planning? couple needs to be counseled to make
cially stable first Send your letters to ST Vio-
Midwife: Family planning is the way one their own choice. However, a condom
and maintain your Vio len ce in you r life
QUIZ:
organizes him or herself to get the
wanted number of children.
is a favourable choice because it
prevents unwanted pregnancy and love!
lence QUIZ, PO BOX 22366,
Kampala, Uganda
reduces HIV/STD transmission. Married Has your boyfriend or girlfriend ever hit you? Does he or she
Why do we need it? people can also use condoms. ever call you bad names or insult you? Have you ever seen
Family planning is essential for the
mother as it rests the womb. Any final comment? Wrong myths: reject them! violence between your parents?
Yes, family planning is safe. Having
make women barren. STDs are the Have you ever experienced violence from other people like
your parents, relatives, guardians or teachers? What hap-
These days family planning is essential an unplanned pregnancy is risky. Many people refuse to use family
planning because they have been main cause of inability to have a
for parents. Expenditure becomes
frightened by a rumour or myth. This baby in women. pened? How did it make you feel? What can we do to stop
low. They are able to feed, edu- is very sad. it?
cate and clothe their children. FACT: Family planning DOES NOT
The children receive enough care FACT: Pills DO NOT burn the make women promiscuous. Sexual Write to Straight Talk about your experience of violence.
and feel loved. They attend good ovaries. Pills contain very little behaviour starts in the brain. Loose Tell us about any of the questions above or just tell us
schools. hormone and you become fertile behaviour is a personal choice not a about how you are feeling about any violence you may have
Many children make our economy within a day you stop taking them. result of contraception. experienced.
Straight Talk is running this QUIZ in
poor. There is also poor family
management due to the big FACT: Family planning DOES NOT FACT: Family planning DOES NOT

conjunction with Raising Voices, an


number of children. cause cancer or deformed babies. cause women to lose interest in sex.
Family planning was invented in Women on family planning are

NGO working to prevent violence


the 1950s. Cancer and deformed happier and calmer because they are
Which family planing should A Nabbongo SS not worried about over-producing.
babies have existed since the begin-
young couples use? Straight Talk
against children and in families.
ning of mankind. Married life, including sexual rela-
There are different methods of club member tions, usually improve because of
family planning available. The draws the uterus. less stress.
FACT: Family planning DOES NOT
Straight Talk, April 2006 4
there can be exchange of the depends on whether sex
same if it is used a second happens when the sperm cell

Dear
time. A condom is can meet the egg. Virgins can get
Muhindo Sam, supposed to be used pregnant the first time they have
only once. For proper sex.
Green Dove protection, a new

SYFA
Puppeteerís, condom should be There is a boy aged 23, who
Bundibugyo used for every wrote me a love letter and
round of sex. asked for sex. I refused. I am
Boxx22
O.Bo 3666
2236 still young and want to
P.P.O. P A L A I fell in love with continue with studies. But he is
M
KK AA M P A L A a girl. We did not following me. Busingye S, 17,
have sex, but my S2, Nyakyera SS, Ntungamo
friend told me Continue saying ‘NO’. Being
I would like to be a veterinary the girl has other assertive is a life skill. If he
doctor and I want to take lovers including becomes violent, report him to
science subjects, but I am not an Arrow boy. I your parents or teachers. He can
good at mathematics. What decided to go to prison if he has sex with
can I do? leave her, but you. You are under 18. And even
Nsubuga A, 17, S4, Christ the she still wants if you were over 18, what is this
King College Bulongo, Iganga to continue with young man offering you? Put
If you have interest in the relationship. your life and future first. Do you
Mathematics, you can learn it. E Komakech, love him? Does he love you?
Practice and make friends who Kalaki SS, Does he know you? Keep saying
perform well in the subject can Kaberamaido no.
help you. You do not trust your
partner. You are worried Is it true that a girl who does
When I meet my former by the other partners, not pull her labia will not
boyfriend, he tells me we including the Arrow boy. You produce? Kauma M, S2,
should resume our are right to worry. Stand by your Bukooli College, Bugiri
relationship. It is three years decision to leave her. You will No. Pulling the labia has nothing
since we parted. He is now get a better partner in future. to do with childbearing. It is a
working and I hear he is tradition with no medical
married. But he says he will Why do virgins get pregnant meaning. Counsellor: Dr Alex
marry me after my studies. Smart boys and girls after having sex just once? Kakoraki
Asaba S, 19, S6, Central Sch, wait to have sex: Anena H, Bukoto HS
Hoima Students of Buwekula Pregnancy does not depend on
Peer to peer

?
He is not the right partner for Islamic SS, Mubende the number of acts of sex. It
you. He is married. Yet he
appears to want to have multiple From page 1
partners. This is not a good start. Questions from Muyembe
It will expose you to the risk of Health Centre IV and
HIV/STDs. Also, if he can cheat Nabbongo SS Youth Straight
on his wife with you, it is likely Talk clubs
that he would not be faithful to
you either. Get on with your life. Discuss them in your club and
Forget about him. invite a health worker to help.
ï When you overuse condoms, do
I have an uncle demanding for you become barren?
sex. I keep on telling him that I ï Is it true that when you start sex
cannot do it, but he says my when you are under ten you do
physical appearance attracts not produce?
him. Whenever he gets me ï How does sterility occur in
alone, he wants to rape me. people who have already started
NN, 14, S2, Namutumba sperming?
Central HS, Iganga ï Is it true that when you are a
This is wrong, illegal and virgin, you become watery?
abusive. You must tell someone
you trust -- an aunt, another
uncle or a senior woman
teacher/counselor at school.
Absolutely avoid being alone
with him. If this fails, report him
If a girl keeps her virginity
until marriage, she earns
herself respect and for her
Bird flu
alert
to the family protection unit of parents. Nanyanzi Irene,
the nearest police. S4, Vice chairperson, ST
Club, North College Sch
When I have sex, I feel a lot of
pain. I also get pain in my ï Report any dead or sick birds to
periods. AA, Bukedea SS, Bird flu is not in Uganda! a veterinary officer.
Kumi But it is important to ï Change shoes and clothes and
You could have STDs. Visit the know about it in case it wash hands before and after
nearest qualified health centre comes. working with poultry.
for proper diagnosis and Bird flu is a viral disease that ï Regularly clean where you keep
treatment. Are you using kills domestic and wild birds. your poultry: sweep away
condoms? This situation is Restock your poultry houses, and droppings daily.
worrying. Talk it over with a keep enjoying chicken and eggs. ï Avoid visiting other poultry farms.
counsellor. They are very safe. But always do ï Cook poultry and eggs well
the following: before eating.
What happens if someone
uses a condom for more STRAIGHT TALK FOUNDATION
than one round? Olobo J, 45 Bukoto St., Kamwokya, P. O. Box 22366, Tel: 031-262030, 031-262031
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Soroti strtalk@straight-talk.or.ug, Web: www.straight-talk.or.ug
It stops protecting you against Communications Director: C Watson,, Programme Director: A A Fiedler,
HIV/STDs/pregnancy. After one Editors: T Agutu, B Kagoro, E Kimuli, G Awekofua. Designers:
use, the condom has seminal MeBK, G.bM, D.Lutwax,, Funded by DANIDA, DFID, SIDA
and vaginal fluids on it, and Printer: The New Vision

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