Charley Pietersen, author of Growing up without a father, is excited to be at the launch. Photo: Monique Swanepoel
Child Welfare South Africa held their new launch on 1 March to introduce their vision ‘going forward’ to the community members.
Child Welfare South Africa is one of the largest child protection organisations in South Africa –Aastalwart in South African communities when it comes to fighting abuse, neglect and dangers that children from all social backgrounds face.
The role of a provincial office in Child Welfare South Africa is to ensure that their affiliates receive support, mentoring and guidance in order to effectively render child care and protection services in their communities. The staff at Child Welfare South Africa undertake many duties and responsibilities when it comes to protecting our children.
Naledi Ramaboea, Ms Africa Elite 2019, Danielle Muller, Mrs Afrca Marketing and Reinette Herbst, Mrs Africa 2019. Photo: Monique Swanepoel
They aim to provide the necessary support that their staff in Gauteng requires, in order to effectively deal with the challenges they face working within the care and protection of children.
Shamila Ramjawan, Mrs Johannesburg 2019 and Daksha Ramjawan, Miss Gauteng 2019 attend the Child Welfare South Africa launch. Photo: Monique Swanepoel
Assistant director of Child Welfare South Africa Delaine Naidoo said,
“The dangers that children face in today’s era has also changed and we need to develop strategies to meet these challenges. We want to engage with our communities more to ensure that they are actively involved in preventing abuse, neglect and danger children are exposed to. Prevention is better than intervention!”
Delaine Naidoo, assistant director of Child Welfare South Africa gets ready for her presentation. Photo: Monique Swanepoel
The main goal of the launch was to introduce a new product to the community, to protect their children from being trafficked. CWSAICETAGS has been developed with the help of Ice-tags and Sasos, to help in cases of human trafficking. The tags contain emergency contact details and a membership number. In the event of an emergency, the band can be ripped off and found by a pedestrian. If the founder of the tag calls the number to the crisis care centre, they will immediately notify emergency personnel.
