Party helps kids to momentarily forget abuses
ALEXANDRA – We also get the odd ones below age seven who usually join the party, says Mokoena.
More than 100 child victims of abuse seen at the Alex Kidz Clinic were treated to a sumptuous early Christmas party which allows them to mingle with others and to momentarily brush aside their problems.
The party was hosted on December 11 in the courtyard of the Alexandra Police Station which also houses the Kidz Clinic, an initiative that was founded by the non-profit organisation Women and Men Against Child Abuse.
Speaking in an interview with Alex News, clinic manager and social worker Elizabeth Mokoena said the annual event has always been supported by the SA Chefs Association Against Hunger, a group of chefs from various hostels of the Tsogo Sun Group, who provide the kids with a sumptuous lunch and some goodies to take home.
Other sponsors and supporters of the Christmas party include scrap yards around Alexandra such as Jabulani and Malindi, who support jumping castles and other entertainment items, including the Friends of Alex who provided the kids with back-to-school bags filled with stationery items for the new school year.
The party normally caters for children aged between and seven and 12 years, who are mostly victims of various forms of abuse in the home and the streets of the township. “We also get the odd ones below age seven who usually join the party and we always welcome them with open arms as we cannot turn them away,” Mokoena added.
