President Museveni has officially launched the Quiin Abenakyo Foundation, an organisation aimed at fighting for the issues of girl child in Uganda.
He urged all foundations dealing with issues around the fight for the girl child to continue until the problem is uprooted in the entire country.
Abenakyo launched a campaign for the betterment of the girl child during last year’s contest for miss world in a famous speech that got her named Miss World Africa.
The foundation was launched by the President at an event that saw Abenakyo raise over 100 million shillings which is aimed at fighting teenage pregnancies and early marriages in Uganda.
Museveni said : “Not just what Abenakyo is trying to do but all of us should define the problem clearly ,culture ,poverty ,to me if you are talking about the probem of the girl child we maust deal with this issues, free education must be free education,” he said.
Miss World Africa 2018 Quiin Abenakyo said the reason she started foundation was because she lost a friend to child birth at 14.
“Very many people ask me why I started Quiin Abenakyo foundation but I want to share a few. I have noticed a gap , I lost a friend at 14 years old to child birth ,the first and the strongest way to curb these issues is through education and through school campgains and encouraging our little girls to stay in school,” she said.
Nabagereka of Buganda Kingdom Sylvia Nagginda said : “Quiin Abenekyao foundation, and its focus on the girl child is at the heart of my work and more importantly at the heart of development of country.”
She noted that the essential purpose and direction expressed by Quiin Abenakyo during her speech at the misswrold contest showed great desire and the comitement to fight teenage pregnancies.
“We strongly believe the core causes of teetnage pregnancies and early marriages is not just about poverty but lack of education and values,” she said.
