29 May 2006
The country will mark Child Protection Week from 29 May to 4 June 2006. All
South Africans are urged to participate and intensify the promotion of
childrenâs rights and child protection.
Through Child Protection Week, which was instituted in 1997, the Department
of Social Development and government as a whole seek to mobilise families,
stakeholders and communities to work together to address the complex
socio-economic needs of children.
The child Protection Week theme is âCaring Communities Protect Childrenâ
with green ribbons as the symbol of child protection. The concept of âmy child
is your child, your child is my childâ remains the cornerstone of child
protection in the country.
The key objectives of the 2006 Child Protection Week include the
following:
* to promote the National Child Protection Register (NCPR) and encourage
reporting through this register, which will improve statistics of victim and
perpetrators
* to promote the spirit of caring communities by raising awareness on child
care initiatives such as child care forums and neighbourhood child protection
committees
* to promote access to the child support grant for children under the age of
14 years and promote and strengthen poverty eradication programmes as a measure
of child protection
* to promote caring amongst children by ensuring the existence of child
participation programmes in schools, communities and other sectors
* to strengthen inter sectoral co-ordination and integration of services by
facilitating the establishment of provincial and local child protection
committees.
Provincial events will take place as follows:
Date: Monday, 29 May 2006 (main provincial event)
Venue: Fezile Dabi District Municipality Kroonstad
Date: Tuesday, 30 May 2006
Venue: Lejweleputswa District Municipality (district events will take
place)
Date: Thursday, 01 June 2006
Venue: Thabo Mofutsanyana Warden
Date: Saturday, 03 June
Venue: Xhariep District Municipality (district events will take place)
Date: Sunday, 04 June
Venue: Motheo District (district events will take place)
NB! The main event takes place in Galeshewe, Kimberley on 1 June 2006. This
event marks the celebration of the International Childrenâs Day and the launch
of national guidelines for Early Childhood Development.
For more information please contact:
Mondli Mvambi
Tel: (051) 4000 204
Cell: 083 265 2612
Issued by: Department of Social Development, Free State Provincial
Government
29 May 2006
Source: Free State Provincial Government (http://www.fs.gov.za/)
