Child Protection Week: Protecting children from neglect OUR GRADE 7 CAMP CULTIVATES A SAFE SPACE WHERE LEARNERS ARE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR PAIN. THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO PROTECT JEZRAIL AND HIS SIBLINGS FROM FURTHER NEGLECT. Jezrail* came on our Grade 7 Camp with a heavy weight on his [...]
Child Protection Week: Protecting children from bullying AT ONE OF OUR RECENT TEENAGE AWARENESS PROGRAMMES WE WERE ABLE TO HELP TURN AROUND A BULLYING SCENARIO. Jake's* mother reported that he was a victim of cyberbullying on his classmates' WhatsApp Group, where he was mocked for the way he dressed and [...]
Child Protection Week: Protecting children from abuse WE PROTECT CHILDREN FROM ABUSE Here's *Cassy's story: Cassy*, a grade 7 student at one of our schools, reported to one of our professional counselors that her grandfather had been sexually abusing her in their home. Our counselor filled out the necessary forms [...]
Child Protection Week: Protecting children from illiteracy THIS WEEK MARKS THE BEGINNING OF CHILD PROTECTION WEEK. DID YOU KNOW THAT, THROUGH OUR PROGRAMMES, WE PROTECT CHILDREN FROM ILLITERACY? Here's *Liso's story: When Liso started on our Literacy Programme (Shine Literacy Hour) in Grade 2, he wrote one sentence per session like: [...]
