Where we are
today?
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PURE AND SURE Solutions&
Preventions?
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Promising results!
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In the U.S., 7 out of 10 girls had sex before the age 14 (Alan
Guttmacher)
• Parenthood is the leading reason
that teen girls drop out of school. • More than half of teen mothers never graduate from high school. |
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Offering a Purity lifestyle: abstinence-only education.
• Promote education beyond high school graduation. Pure & Sure are partnering with Community Colleges and Universities to ensure girls are ready for college-level courses and can experience success after high school. |
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Decrease in sexual activity in girls before marriage.
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Increase in high school graduates.
• Increase in girls attending and graduating from a four-year university. |
· The suicide rate among young women aged
15-24 has risen more rapidly than in any other group.
· Low self-esteem and depression can trigger and intensify feelings of ugliness, shame, failure, and unworthiness. · Low self-esteem in teenagers can cause them to oppose abuse towards themselves by cutting, starving, bingeing, and secretly bringing harm to their bodies. |
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Through purity and self-esteem workshops and activities, Pure &
Sure guides each girl to discover and unveil their unique beauty.
· Assist the girls in identifying the role self-esteem plays in a healthy and pure life style. · Each activity is geared to continue to explore what real beauty is and the influences the media has on beauty? · Tailored workshops mission is to allow each girl to identify what they have to offer to their peers, school, community, and the world. |
· Girls and young women excited about
celebrating themselves and other women.
· A world full of girls who are confident, benevolent, and optimistic about themselves and life. · Bold girls who are confident in their self worth, and prepared to go beyond their goals. |
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3 in 10 teenage girls will get pregnant before age 20. That’s nearly
750,000 every year.
• About a quarter of teen moms have a second child within 24 months of their first baby • About 13 percent of youth ages 13 to 19 contract an STD each year • 3 million cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) occur each year, are among teenagers |
· Again, Pure & Sure abstinence-only
education, allows the girls to make sound decisions against pre-marital sex.
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Partnering with teen pregnancy organization will give the girls hands
on conversations and discussion about:
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The effects of parenthood before marriage
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Responsibilities and sacrifices
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Financial support
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· A higher rate of women getting
married and then having children
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Decrease in sexually transmitted disease in girls ages 13-19
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• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Heart disease
• Increased risk of diabetes
• Breathing problems
• Joint problems
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· Our Health and Fitness program is
focused on a healthy heart, by educating the girls on healthy food choices as
well as offering fun physical activities.
· Partnering with Whole Foods to allow the girls to experience different healthy choices. |
· Health conscience girls, who
promote healthy eating habits
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Stronger minds and energetic bodies
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Marijuana use
among teenagers is up 80 percent, (Drugfree.org)
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The
average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14 (Drugfreeworld.org)
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Pure & Sure has set clear, consistent expectations on abstaining from
all substances -drugs and alcohol - and we will continue to enforce them
· Activities and workshops that discuss the effect of substance abuse, including coma and death. |
· More young girls who are substance
free as role models
· Decrease in young girls having:
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Attention deficit disorders
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Cognitive disorders
· Increase in young girls
o Becoming school and community leaders
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Fully developed brain, heart, and other organs
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