Child protection centre launches magazine in Centurion

News outlets are not reporting the issues that affected children in detail, an expert has claimed.

National Centre for Child Protection relations manager Dayna Rowland said this during the launch of the organisation’s magazine in Centurion recently.

“The reason we decided to create our own magazine is because we felt that news outlets did not really report in detail about what goes on out there with regards to children. With us as the national centre for child protection owning all of the child protection hotlines countrywide, we often get first-hand access,” she added.

Rowland said cases reported from different areas of South Africa gave them an opportunity to figure out how to handle certain issues.

“We speak to people in different areas on why they are getting involved with us, what is their take, how are they protecting children and what are they doing in their personal capacity to protect children.”

She told Rekord that in the first copy of the magazine will feature all their partners, a diverse team that consisted of attorneys, social workers, the police, psychologists, counsellors and various schools.

She said that the purpose of establishing an in-house magazine was to create an awareness on the plight of children, their needs and issues like child trafficking and its consequences.

“People out there and the entire population must be aware of what’s going on and can identify if a child is about to be trafficked and what they can do in order to prevent it from happening.”

In an effort to expand its base, the centre will launch other child protection hotlines in Western and Eastern Cape.

Among the many things the centre does, are conducting educational talks at schools, and is currently buying the rights to a charity boxing event.

“We are in the process of buying the rights to the champions for charity boxing event. We will then be hosting boxing events starring our partners and we will be utilising this opportunity to teach children who are victims of bullying some self-confidence skills. We will also be teaching discipline to those who bully others.”

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