Miss Teen Social Entrepreneur semi-finalist Koketso Moremi (19) hosted a Father-Son Fun Day on June 5 at Sir Pierre van Ryneveld High School, Kempton Park to promote healthy masculinity amongst young men and help them form attitudes that will allow them to become respectable.
As part of her journey as a semi-finalist, the Emkhathini resident is required to raise funds through social responsibility.
Miss Teen Social Entrepreneur SA is a female youth-empowerment and entrepreneurship programme.
The programme is designed to identify young women in the community who epitomise the key qualities of leadership, talent, motivation and the celebration of inner beauty, individuality, diversity and womanhood.
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The programme is not a beauty pageant as it is centred on young girls in high schools who are eager to make a tangible difference while creating awareness around social responsibility, as well as developing social entrepreneurship skills.
It is aimed at building an ecosystem of future female entrepreneurs and is focused on providing a platform where all young women can gain the confidence, knowledge, skills and tools to create their own sustainable businesses while making a positive social impact.
These young women are ambassadors for their schools, communities, SA and the rest of the world.
Moremi decided to do this by collaborating with her former school Sir Pierre van Ryneveld High through an event project, which aimed to raise funds for the school and contribute towards several causes concerning society and the community at large.
For her first annual event, she hosted the Father-Son Fun Day.
The event was filled with interactive activities, a panel discussion amongst the fathers and sons, team-building, high scholastics and positive law-enforcement interaction.
“As a country, we often fail to address the many traumas faced by the younger and older generation of men and we often punish behaviours without addressing the underlying issues that lead to those behaviours. We need to address the issue at hand,” Moremi said.
“We work from the root of the issue, which is to eliminate the stigma around what it means to be a man. We remind the young and older generation of men who are asking for help, expressing emotions and seeking help professionally that it is beneficial and necessary for the betterment of our society.
“The goal is to connect our fathers and boys to a clear vision of themselves for their future by bringing them together with other fathers and sons to participate in forums, activities, seasonal local sporting events and performances that are specifically created for them,” said Moremi.
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