As schools re-opened for the 2023 academic year, the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (Sanca) Midrand visited Kaalfontein Primary School to address young learners about the dangers of drugs and bullying.
They visited the school on January 16 during an assembly and Ke Moja (I am fine with drugs) coordinator Andisani Makhadi described the awareness initiative as fruitful.
Makhadi said they had been working with Kaalfontein for a while now and the learners understood their programmes well.
“With the understanding of challenges the learners come across, some of which are as a result of the social ills in society, the school gave us a platform to address the learners. We covered the facts about drugs and the dangers of hookah. Normally, we conduct research to find out which drugs learners are exposed to and sometimes the school tells us if they have had any cases and we position out presentation accordingly,” said Makhadi.
She said some young learners understood what bullying was, however, they did not know the types of bullying. “They also do not know when and were to report it as they actually think it’s not an offence to be bullied. We have been communicating with various stakeholders but none have a concrete plan which we can implement. At the moment, we capacitate our Ke Moja to be able to work on identifying victims of bullying and outsourcing help for them because bullying is on the rise.”
Makhadi concluded that they would also visit other schools in the area including Noordwyk Primary and High School, Kaalfontein Secondary School and Eduvos.
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