{"id":1604,"date":"2024-02-29T12:43:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T12:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/2024\/02\/29\/dtsl-carries-out-a-gbvf-outreach-programme-in-britstown\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T12:43:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T12:43:31","slug":"dtsl-carries-out-a-gbvf-outreach-programme-in-britstown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/2024\/02\/29\/dtsl-carries-out-a-gbvf-outreach-programme-in-britstown\/","title":{"rendered":"DTSL Carries Out a GBVF Outreach Programme in Britstown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240228-WA0023.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 20240228 WA0023\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px 10px 5px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240228-WA0023.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240228-WA0023-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240228-WA0023-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240228-WA0023-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>28 February 2024 &#8211; The Pixley Ka Seme District Office led a GBVF, Child Prostitution and Child Trafficking Awareness Outreach Programme alongside our stakeholders, Dept of Social Development (DSD), Dept of Health (DoH), Dept of Justice (DoJ) and the South African Police Services (SAPS) at Ho&euml;rskool Theron in Britstown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Britstown, a small town situated in the outskirts of the Pixley Ka Seme district, has sadly succumbed to child trafficking due to the fact that the N12 national road is the entry point into Britstown, in which trucks pass through.&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The main purpose for this event is to inform and raise awareness to learners about consequential matters bearing on GBVF, Child Prostitution, Teenage Pregnancy, Substance Abuse, Justice and Legislation, Bullying and Safety in Schools.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The programme kick-started with a warm welcome from Mr. Welkom, followed by a short prayer from one of the RCL&rsquo;s in the school.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Sister Raath, a nurse from the Department of Health, spoke to learners on the consequences of falling pregnant at a young and brittle age. In essence, she expressed to learners that they are not financially ready to take responsibility of the infant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">One of the speakers from the Department of Justice, F. Gongolota, expressed her concerns about learners abusing their parents at home, which could ultimately lead to the learner attacking their teachers as well. She also pointed out that some learners bring illegal substances and harmful weapons to school. Ms. Gongalota continued to inform them about the consequences thereof if they are ever found with those weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The programme ended off with a vote of thanks by S. Pakalitha, who continued to express gratitude to the school and the various stakeholders.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>28 February 2024 &#8211; The Pixley Ka Seme District Office led a GBVF, Child Prostitution and Child Trafficking Awareness Outreach Programme alongside our stakeholders, Dept of Social Development (DSD), Dept of Health (DoH), Dept of Justice (DoJ) and the South African Police Services (SAPS) at Ho&euml;rskool Theron in Britstown. Britstown, a small town situated in<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/2024\/02\/29\/dtsl-carries-out-a-gbvf-outreach-programme-in-britstown\/\" class=\"themebutton2\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}