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Media Invite: SAHRC Mpumalanga Office embarks on a Child Protection week (School visits)
Attention: Editors and Reporters
24 May 2018
The Mpumalanga Provincial Office will be embarking on the Child Protection Week campaign by visiting five schools in the province. During the campaign, the South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) will be promoting its Child Friendly Complaints Handling Procedures (CFCHP). The campaign is also meant to empower children with information that shall enable them to identify human rights threats or violations and report such directly to the Commission.
24 May 2018
The Mpumalanga Provincial Office will be embarking on the Child Protection Week campaign by visiting five schools in the province. During the campaign, the South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) will be promoting its Child Friendly Complaints Handling Procedures (CFCHP). The campaign is also meant to empower children with information that shall enable them to identify human rights threats or violations and report such directly to the Commission.
The Commission is concerned about the well-being of all children in South Africa and continues to prioritise complaints of violations of children’s rights. The Commission firmly believes that complaints involving children’s rights need to be treated with priority and sensitivity.
The campaign is scheduled to take place as follows:
School Date Time
Ebhudlweni Primary School (Watervalboven) 29 May 2018 07h00
Dumezizweni Primary School (Machadodorp) 29 May 2018 12h00
Thandulwazi Primary School (Kanyamazane) 30 May 2018 07h00
Zikhuphule Special School (Middleburg) 01 June 2018 07h00
Mthombeni Primary School (Mhluzi) 01 June 2018 12h00
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For further information or enquiries, please contact: SAHRC Mpumalanga Provincial Manager, Mr Eric Mokonyama (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), or Mpumalanga Advocacy and Research Officer, Ms Margaret Salila (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) on 013 – 752 5890/078 670 4360.
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