Stepping Stones International launched
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
With a holding capacity of 200, the orphanage is aimed at giving orphans and vulnerable children aged 12 and older hope by helping them "find themselves"."These are mostly out of school youth, primarily in Kgatleng district, however, we will expand to other districts.
We are planning to reach 500 youth at the centre and then reach out to an additional 6,500 with the programme activities," she added.Jamu said that most of the children are usually referred to the centre by social workers, village development committees and guidance counsellors. "We then have the guidance counsellors choose youth who meet three criteria.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...