As part of an ongoing awareness campaign, Unchain Our Children together with FCS Pretoria Moot, the Moses Mabhida Foundation, Life-Line Emergency Medical Service and Kilnerpark Security conducted an outreach to the Rietondale Riviera Nursery School. This private nursery school opened in April 1944 already and is proudly owned and operated by the Parents Association of the school.
The theme of the outreach was Stranger Danger and the toddlers were alerted to ways strangers can pretend to be kind but actually have another agenda and might even have concealed weapons. They were encouraged to report any untoward behavior or presence of strangers to a trusted adult and/or the police or to representatives of organizations like Unchain Our Children.
Warrant Officer Melani Smit of FCS Pretoria Moot and her team, devoted to their task, excellently communicate the warning signs of suspicious behaviour to the children regarding what to look out for and also made sure they know where to get help in case of an emergency.
All strangers can potentially be dangerous. Propositioning children takes place by means of offering sweets/gifts/drinks/food, a ride home, showing a cute puppy to pet, pretending to ask for directions, inviting child to get into their car or entering their home. The same cunning propositioning takes place electronically when strangers contact children via text messages.
Never trust a stranger who tells a child to disobey his/her parents, do something without their permission or asks them to keep a secret or make them uncomfortable in any way.
The guidance the children received during the outreach, equipped them to be, even at a very young age, aware of Stranger Danger and to also to dubious intensions and behavior of persons known to them.
Discover & Contact:
Rietondale Riviera Nursery School: https://rrns.co.za/
Moses Mabhida Foundation: https://beeandjeestrading.wixsite.com/website
Kilnerpark Security: https://www.kpsec.co.za/
Life-Line Emergency Medical Service: https://life-linemedical.co.za/
Report Child Abuse: Call UOC National Crisis Line: 067 323 7116
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