Kingsburgh Welfare hosts first aid training
The aim was to equip facilitators and youth with essential life-saving skills that they can use in both educational and community settings.
THE Kingsburgh Child and Family Welfare held first aid training on July 4 and 5 to empower early childhood development (ECD) facilitators and youth from the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (Wessa) KZN.
This training is part of the welfare’s capacity-building efforts for ECD centres and its youth empowerment initiatives. The aim was to equip them with essential life-saving skills, such as CPR, the recovery position and treating bleeding. The programme was conducted by Antonette Buys from Sapphire Life Training.
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The welfare’s social worker, Sandra Govender, emphasised the importance of first aid in preserving life, preventing conditions from worsening and promoting recovery until professional help arrives.
“Basic first aid training is essential for equipping young people with lifesaving skills. Through the years, our programmes focuses on community health, nutrition education and psychosocial support within the context of the family and community. We would like to reiterate the importance of having a trained person on the premises of an organisation or company in case of emergencies,” she said.
Chairperson of Wessa KZN Margaret Burger acknowledged the value of this training for its teachers and nature guides at various reserves to handle emergencies in both educational and community settings.
“Wessa’s environmental education project at the Umbogavango Environmental Education Centre and Nature Reserve, supported by AECI, hosts learners from neighbouring schools for a deep experience in learning to connect to nature but also to assist in delivering the curriculum in practice. First aid training is critical to enable the teachers and nature guides to assist in emergencies that may range from minor to major, and to be aware of the procedures necessary in each instance as the learners and members of the public are guided in forest and beach environments,” she said.
For more information, contact the Kingsburgh Child and Family Welfare on 031 916 2274 or at admin@kingsburghwelfare.org.za.
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