Niagara Falls, New York – Advocates like Vanessa Scott talks about teen pregnancy, educating young girls about the issue as she experienced it at the age of 16.
Scott said she has been using her experience in helping women with their issues. She reiterated that women are in every issue, and women is for every woman, whether it’s all about rape or abuse, as many women have been through such plight.
Scott initiated the God’s Woman Vanessa Scott Outreach Ministries a decade ago. The organization was founded to help girls, young ladies, and adult women on large-scale perspective. At first, Scott started a shelter for the homeless, providing an urgent care near me facility for women. Just two years back, she realized that something more has to be done, primarily in preventing the issue of homelessness. Thus, she was able to identify the root of such problem, which is teen pregnancy.
She added young ladies need urgent care and attention, and that they must be aware how precious they are. Through the ministry, Scott along with her sister has been providing the Naomi Ruth Debutante Mentorship, a program for young girls between 5 and 21. The program teaches the young girls about personal hygiene, domestic violence, self-confidence, and sexual education among other issues.
The group serves as an urgent care clinic and a faith-based organization for young women. Abstinence is the ministry’s top priority in its teachings, although the mentors still educate women on safe sex practices. Scott emphasized that it’s not all about getting pregnant because there are other issues to discuss like herpes, AIDS, and other sexually-transmitted diseases, which can change a woman’s entire life.
Niagara’s Family and Children’s Service stated that teen pregnancy is among the highest-rated issues in the state. Jeff Wierzbicki, the Family and Children’s Service youth director said out of 1,000 pregnancies, 128 of which are teen births. The director pointed the figure is not expected to decrease very soon.
Additionally, the youth director said the agency is working on an entire youth generation in order to transform what has been accepted in their respective families, communities, and schools. These young women should also be aware of institutions, organizations, and ministries that may serve as their urgent care clinics regardless their issues.
Scott further emphasized that women should know their importance, so that the ongoing issue of teen pregnancy will be reduced, and the ministry will work on it no matter how long it may take.
