IIOILO CITY: Teen-age mothers and girls from six Yolanda hit municipalities in the Visayas are recently selected as recipients of a US$300,000 funding assistance by the United Nations International Children Fund (Unicef), as it recognized the rising cases of teenage pregnancies in the country.

Executive Director Dr. Jo-nathan David Flavier of the Family Planning Organization of the Philippines (FPOP), announced the funding assistance for developing training manuals costing US $200,000 and training services amounting US $100,000 for teen- age mothers to prevent a second pregnancy.

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