“Abstinence ili che”, “Virgin power, Virgin pride”, these are words which many older generations used to shout during school assemblies. Some pupils, including myself, even wore school T-shirts with these messages proudly displayed. But over the years, these words simply vanished from schools, being replaced instead with messaging on the importance of contraceptives. I don’t know if we have US President Donald Trump to thank for closing the tap on funding to USAID, which supplied the biggest chunk on ARVs to Zambia and other African countries, but the slogans are back, “Abstinence ili che (is good)”. With the increase in teenage pregnancies, substance abuse, and risky behaviours in many secondary schools, a non-governmental organisation, Laborers in Christ, led by Founder...