We will be holding child abuse prevention trainings in Quezon City, Cainta, Antipolo and Baguio City this January and February, so that more people can be empowered to make a real difference in children’s lives. Click here for details.
Trainings are provided free of charge to leaders of poor communities. Seminars may also be requested by schools, child rights organizations, churches and other groups. For details and to arrange a training, contact keepthemsafenow@gmailcom.
Cavite volunteers get trained on how to stop child sexual abuse
It was one of those mornings when we simply confirmed that this is what God wanted us to do – go to poor communities and train leaders on how to prevent child sexual abuse (CSA).
We trained the volunteer workers of Home for the 100th Sheep, a ministry led by Kaloi and Edna Ranario that reaches out to the poorest of the poor. Kaloi and Edna run pre-school and day care centers for children who would have no other means of getting any education at all. Kaloi, an accountant by profession, and Edna, a Hongkong-based YWAM educator a few years back, now devote all their time to providing free education to children in slum areas.
On 18 December 2009, I and my husband Pastor Joenard Gallo trained the 21 volunteer educators of the Home on how to prevent child sexual abuse in their community. It was so touching to watch them absorb as much information as they can, because they know of children in their community who have been victims of CSA. They used to feel helpless about it, but now they have enough information to know what to do, who to call and where to go. Having completed the training, they are now members of Keep Them Safe Now, a worldwide movement that we pioneered to stop child sexual abuse.
Many thanks to all the participants, and likewise to my law school classmate, Atty. Helen Tiu, for sponsoring this seminar.
To request a training, contact keepthemsafenow@gmail.com and for details, vsit http://keepthemsafenow.wordpress.com/
9 December 2009
Dear Friends,
“Take care of the children, and I will take care of you.” This strong message has been impressed by God in my heart, as I go about my work of handling cases, doing advocacy work, and teaching law.
Yesterday, after my court hearing on behalf of a child who was raped by her step-grandfather at age 11, I visited a child-service organization. A social worker asked me to handle the case of a five-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted by her own father a year ago. Cases like these make me really angry, and I have learned that anger can be harnessed to move us into action to end child sexual abuse (CSA).
KEEP THEM SAFE
The best way to win a case is to prevent it. So I have put together a four-hour training for parents, teachers, social workers, church workers and everyone who wants to take action to stop CSA. The seminar is entitled “KEEP THEM SAFE: How to prevent child sexual abuse.” The first Keep Them Safe training was held this November, with 21 participants, all of whom are involved in ministry to children.
First batch of KEEP THEM SAFE training held on 28 November 2009 at Ang Bahay ng Alumni, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
Source: AsiaOne News
Convicted child killer Agnes Wong Siew Ting has returned home without the knowledge of the Malaysian Government nor the Royal Malaysian Police. Britain’s secret sending back of Wong, 29, and the non-disclosure of her return has triggered a diplomatic storm, according to the UK’s Daily Mail. (more)
SOURCE: allAfrica.com
WHEN 15-year-old Esther (not real name) of Kapiri Mposhi was asked by a Kabwe magistrate to identify the perpetrator who had allegedly defiled her, she pointed at a prosecuting officer much to the dismay of the court.
Initially, Esther’s family had sued a pastor of a named church in Kapiri Mposhi for allegedly defiling her and consequently making her pregnant. (more)
