Youth march for peace in Gugulethu
By Henry Booysen
07 April 2008
This past Saturday saw the streets of Gugulethu filled with children brandishing placards reading, “No bullying at our schools,” “Use your freedom of choice –say n
o to drugs,” and “No to racism.”
The march aimed to raise awareness of bullying and racism at schools, the safety of children and to open discussions on sexual discrimination as a form violence, rape, freedom of choice, gangsterism, issues of neglect, and different forms of violence in South Africa.
After attending training at Public Achievement in Northern Ireland in June 2007 two Bush Radio facilitators led a march in Gugulethu titled “Youth Away From Violence.”
“It was great to see how many people came out to take a stand against violence and talk about ways to move away from violence,” says facilitator Nashira De Jongh.
The march is in conjunction with the Civic Youth Work Models for Project Development where the facilitators De Jongh and Brenda Leonard trained more than 50 young people from various schools and organisations mainly in areas of Cape Town that are seen to be at risk of violence, on how to operate this model so that they can implement projects dealing with “youth away from violence” on the Cape Flats and in the townships.
“The march was great as we had children and youth taking a stand against violence. The responses from the community were encouraging, as they came out and supported the march and the events afterwards,” says Brenda Leonard.
The event was supported by youth from Bonteheuwel, Mitchell’s Plain and Gugulethu as well as many residents from the surrounding areas.
“It was great because we showed people that the youth and children
are tired of being violated,” says Asanda Makayi, a youth who joined the march.
One of the highlights to have seen at the march was that everybody from young to old was wearing t-shirts displaying “Keep Our Children Safe.”
The march was followed by a live broadcast from the Siyazingisa Primary School in NY 132, Gugulethu which was done by child broadcasters from Bush Radio’s Children’s Radio Education Workshop (CREW).
07 April 2008
This past Saturday saw the streets of Gugulethu filled with children brandishing placards reading, “No bullying at our schools,” “Use your freedom of choice –say n
o to drugs,” and “No to racism.”The march aimed to raise awareness of bullying and racism at schools, the safety of children and to open discussions on sexual discrimination as a form violence, rape, freedom of choice, gangsterism, issues of neglect, and different forms of violence in South Africa.
After attending training at Public Achievement in Northern Ireland in June 2007 two Bush Radio facilitators led a march in Gugulethu titled “Youth Away From Violence.”
“It was great to see how many people came out to take a stand against violence and talk about ways to move away from violence,” says facilitator Nashira De Jongh.
The march is in conjunction with the Civic Youth Work Models for Project Development where the facilitators De Jongh and Brenda Leonard trained more than 50 young people from various schools and organisations mainly in areas of Cape Town that are seen to be at risk of violence, on how to operate this model so that they can implement projects dealing with “youth away from violence” on the Cape Flats and in the townships.
“The march was great as we had children and youth taking a stand against violence. The responses from the community were encouraging, as they came out and supported the march and the events afterwards,” says Brenda Leonard.
The event was supported by youth from Bonteheuwel, Mitchell’s Plain and Gugulethu as well as many residents from the surrounding areas.
“It was great because we showed people that the youth and children
are tired of being violated,” says Asanda Makayi, a youth who joined the march.One of the highlights to have seen at the march was that everybody from young to old was wearing t-shirts displaying “Keep Our Children Safe.”
The march was followed by a live broadcast from the Siyazingisa Primary School in NY 132, Gugulethu which was done by child broadcasters from Bush Radio’s Children’s Radio Education Workshop (CREW).
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