Local Police commemorate national child protection week
Hundreds of learners from six different primary schools were invited to the event so they could be educated about bullying as well as GBV and femicide.
The SAPS Johannesburg District under the command of Major General Max Masha hosted a Child Protection Week programme at the Central Jabavu Stadium, Whitecity on June 01.
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The aim was to raise awareness about protecting children from abuse and also promoting a safer environment for them.
Various stakeholders such as the Department of Community Safety, Community Policing Forum, Pastors’ Forum, Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens and Junior Commissioners Youth Desk attended the event in order to show support and commitment in working hand in hand with the SAPS.
Reckson Shiburi, Station Commander at Moroka Police Station said safety week doesn’t mean that children should be protected this week only.
It means parents, neighbours, police and teachers should join hands and make sure that children are protected at all times and they are safe at home and at school.
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“Parents should start taking responsibility in making sure that their children are safe, they shouldn’t rely on the police alone.
“We have decided to partner with the pastor’s forum and other stakeholders so we can protect children from being abused,” said Shiburi.
Hundreds of learners from six different primary schools were invited to the event so they could be educated about bullying as well as GBV and femicide.
Sketches, poems and music raising awareness about different types of abuse such as sexual, physical and mental were performed by learners in order to show understanding of what they were educated about.
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“I am so happy to see such interventions from the SAPS because raising awareness about abuse should be a priority. I’m glad that learners were informed about how being bullied can affect one’s life,” said Tshifhiwe Mfamadi, a teacher from Siseko Primary School.
Shiburi encouraged learners to report any form of abuse they may come across at school or at home.
“As pastors we will continue praying for the safety of our children and also give them important life skills by showing them the importance of knowing God as well as respecting him,” said the chairperson of the Pastors’ Forum, Reverend B. Moloi
Reverend Moloi added that the intervention by law enforcement and pastors will help minimise crime.
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