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Child-focused and community-based organisations are rallying behind initiatives and projects centred on the protection of vulnerable children in local communities to mark National Child Protection Week (NCW), which officially began on Sunday.
Empower children by teaching them to read for enjoyment
By Shanice Naidoo
In the children s book
Fly, Everyone, Fly the character Afrika imagines that he is a pilot and can fly anywhere. He later teaches his friends the beauty of this by using their imagination to go anywhere they like.
This year the Nalâibali, the national reading-for-enjoyment campaign, has brought a special story to children to celebrate World Read Aloud Day (WRAD). In the first year, 2013, the campaign reached 13Â 000 children and last year, the goal was to read aloud to 3 million children in a single day.
Nalâibali celebrates WRAD on February 3, to draw attention to the importance of reading aloud to children in their mother tongue. The NGO commissions a brand new story â best suited for reading aloud to primary school children â and translates it into all 11 official South African languages.
Christina Nomdo. (Supplied)
Ricardo Mackenzie urges the executive and every government official in the Western Cape to work with the Children s Commissioner to ensure the best interests of children are protected and promoted.
For the past six years, I have served on and chaired several committees in the Western Cape legislature and being part of the process of appointing the Western Cape Children s Commissioner has been my proudest achievement to date.
The Children s Commissioner is appointed in terms of the Children s Commissioner Act, following legislation that was signed into power in March 2019. The role of the Children s Commissioner is to protect and promote the rights of children in the Western Cape and to give the provincial government guidance and advice on how to create an environment in which children can reach their full potential.