Rose Andre grew up with a single mother. A little over a year ago, she found herself in a terrible situation with no idea what to do. Rose Andre became pregnant to a much older man. She was just 15 years old. She was in school, but stopped going when she became pregnant.
She was ashamed and embarrassed. And she had no idea what she was going to do once the baby arrived. How would she support him? She lived with her mother who struggled to make ends meet. She knew her mom would not be able to help cover the costs that go along with taking care of a newborn.
Rose Andre, though she didn’t intend to get pregnant, knew that she loved the baby inside of her, and wanted to be able to care for him when he was born. But she had no options and came to terms with the fact that she would have to give him up for adoption. She didn’t know what else to do.
She was referred to HFF by a woman from our program. Rose Andre thought that her meeting with us was to determine the logistics of giving her baby away once he was born. When we spoke to her we explained that that was not our intention, but rather we wanted to talk with her about her options for keeping and parenting her baby.
Rose Andre was so filled with happiness to know that she would keep her baby. We determined that HFF would provide assistance with her school tuition, supplemental formula once the baby arrived for the hours she would be unable to breast feed while at school, and that we would help arrange for child care with one of the other woman in our programs. 
Today, 16 year old Rose Andre is in school, in the 6th grade. Her baby boy, Kewens, is just over 4 months. He is happy, healthy, safe, at home with his loving mother. He will grow up knowing that his mother loved him enough to seek whatever option she could to ensure him the best life, and because of the assistance HFF is able to provide, his best life is at home in Montrouis, Haiti with his mom.
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