GIRLS GUIDING MENTORING PROGRAM
It is evident that young girls in America deal with issues with their esteem, unwanted pregnancies, and depression and unfortunately statistics staggeringly support this position. Girlguiding located in 17-19 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0PT indicates that “the overall proportion of young girls surveyed who were not happy with their looks rose to 33% this year, from 29% last year and 26% two years ago. In addition to esteem and appearance issues, in 2013, 273,105 babies were born to women ages 15-19 and there were 26.5 births for every 1,000 girls ages 15-19. The Teen Pregnancy by Ethnicity in 15-19 year old girls 41.7 per 1,000 Hispanic girls reported a teen pregnancy in 2013, 39.0 per 1,000 Black girls reported a teen pregnancy in 2013, and 18.6 per 1,000 . . . . This teen pregnancy rate attributes to the high rates of children being raised in single parent (mothers) households inclusive of single moms who are so due to being divorced or widowed. Additionally, 2014 statistics from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) show the following numbers for teens that had at least one major depressive episode in the previous 12 months: 17.3% of adolescents that had a major depressive episode in 2014 were female.
Despite the overall bleakness of these findings, statistics also show that when young girls, women receive sustaining support and mentorship it helps to decrease the issues of low esteem, unwanted pregnancies, and depression. Through the support of Blossoming Vines Ministries, we have been able to make a significant impact in reaching women who in turn share their time and gift to help young girls and single moms to curve the staggering statistics of adolescent’s young girls struggling with esteem and identity issues, unwanted pregnancies, and depression. Over the last 7 years, Blossoming Vines has worked with women to improve their over-all image, restore their vision and hope while serving young girls in the public schools and single moms.
Blossoming Vines Ministries has a passion to not only become spiritually, mentally and physically healthy women and as we become healthy, we desire to share our life by mentoring and supporting high school and middle school girls. Currently, our mentor program includes the BVM Network of mentors in which we are garnering relationships and initiating our curricula and program goals for middle and high school girls.
Despite the overall bleakness of these findings, statistics also show that when young girls, women receive sustaining support and mentorship it helps to decrease the issues of low esteem, unwanted pregnancies, and depression. Through the support of Blossoming Vines Ministries, we have been able to make a significant impact in reaching women who in turn share their time and gift to help young girls and single moms to curve the staggering statistics of adolescent’s young girls struggling with esteem and identity issues, unwanted pregnancies, and depression. Over the last 7 years, Blossoming Vines has worked with women to improve their over-all image, restore their vision and hope while serving young girls in the public schools and single moms.
Blossoming Vines Ministries has a passion to not only become spiritually, mentally and physically healthy women and as we become healthy, we desire to share our life by mentoring and supporting high school and middle school girls. Currently, our mentor program includes the BVM Network of mentors in which we are garnering relationships and initiating our curricula and program goals for middle and high school girls.
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