Govt gives mothers more choices

GOVERNMENT has increased levels of assistance to adolescent mothers in Trinidad and Tobago through the expansion of the Social Development Ministry’s CHOICES programme. Social Development Minister Mustapha Abdul-Hamid on Thur-sday presented the Child Welfare League of TT (CWLTT) with a $134,750 cheque from his Ministry. This donation is an intial installment of funds for use by the CWLTT to implement the expansion of the CHOICES programme which addresses the needs of pregnant adolescents, teenaged mothers and in particular, first-time mothers be-tween the ages of 13 and 19. The programme will see the number of CHOICES centres in TT increase from three to ten and facilitate the provision of increased and enhanced services to cater to the needs of young children of adolescent mothers.