the man would not pay for the food and would blame Annet for stealing money from his house. Annet was afraid and kept silent.

A few weeks after the incident, she started falling sick. When she was taken to the clinic for a check up, they ran a couple of tests including a pregnancy test which came out positive. Annet was shocked to know she was pregnant. She tried to explain how the customer raped and threatened her not to tell anyone about it. No one seemed to believe her story. Since she is an adolescent, they suspected she had been involved in sexual relationships with men and just didn't want to disclose the truth. Her boss was so angry that he chased her from work.

Her father was also angry and blamed Annet's mother for failing to raise their daughter well. She was called a prostitute. He threw them out of the house but they had nowhere to go. For more than 5 days, Annet and her mother were sleeping outside in the cold. They could only access their home during the day when the father was away working in the garden. Annet's father gave her a condition that if she wanted to be forgiven, she needed to move in with the man who was responsible for her pregnancy in exchange for bride price. The father was not interested in pursuing the case of rape - he never believed that his daughter was raped.

A Village Health Team Volunteer met Annet during a community outreach activity and when she got to learn about her story, she followed up and reported the case to police, and referred Annet to the probation office. Annet was then rescued by The Remnant Generation and brought to our Princess Shelter in Lyantonde. By the time she joined the shelter last year, she was 3 months pregnant.