March in Reiger Park celebrates 16 days of activism
The Boksburg Child Welfare organised a march in Reiger Park as part of creating awareness for the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children, on December 9.
The campaign challenges South Africans to denounce violence against women and children.
Every year the awareness campaign runs from November 25 until December 10.
The 1.8km march started at the Boksburg Child Welfare’s Reiger Park office.
The march attracted young and old from across Boksburg.
Different organisation such as Christelike Maatskaplike Raad (CMR), Famsa Boksburg, Metro police, SAPS and CPF members marched through the streets of Reiger Park spreading messages of no violence against women and children.
Posters with the messages such as “Reiger Park can we count you in” and “Boksburg Child Welfare opposing women and children abuse” were held high in order to get the message across.
Flyers were also distributed to the residents of Reiger Park.
According to Vanessa Naidoo-Pillay from the Boksburg Child Welfare, the reason they chose Reiger Park as the location was that it has the highest reported cases of domestic violence and drug abuse.
“It’s our first time hosting this event here and I can proudly say it was successful as we had a great turnout. The whole point of the march was to encourage the residents of Reiger Park to report abuse in any form. There are people and organisations that are able to assist individuals who are going through abuse,” Naidoo-Pillay said.
Harry Mukonde, social worker supervisor, said people should stand together in fighting abuse.
“Those who are affected by abuse should report such cases and they should not turn a blind eye when abuse occurs,” Mukonde said.
The Boksburg Child Welfare would like to thank the following stakeholders for their unwavering support during the march: EMPD, SAPS, CMR Boksburg, Famsa, CPF and all the invited stakeholders.
