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Child Safety Month 2007 -
August 2007. more

First United Nations Global Road Safety Week 23 – 29 April 2007 (PDF) Click here

Choosing a swimming teacher - a guide for parents Click Here

First Aid for Burns: What to do. Graphically presented.
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Watch That Child! -
Child safety is no accident. more

CAPFSA 25th Anniversary - Feedback on 25th Anniversary banquet. more

CAPFSA 25th Anniversary - International Conference held in October 2003. more

Safety Tips (English) - Points to note around the house - graphically presented. click here

Safety Chart (English) - Savlons Family Safety Chart - graphically presented. click here

Childsafe Mission Statement

The Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Southern Africa (CAPFSA) will promote optimal health and development of all children in South Africa, via their Childsafe program. CAPFSA aims to reduce intentional and unintentional injuries of all severity through research (see Statistics), education, environmental change and recommendations for legislation. To achieve this we work in co-operation with government, industry, non-governmental and community based organization, community groups and individuals.

CAPFSA believes that every child has a right to grow and flourish in a safe environment without the threat of being hurt.

Thousands of children in South Africa under the age of 18 die of unnatural causes every year  road accidents, drowning, burns, poisoning, falls, choking and suffocation. Hundreds of thousands are injured.

Our aim

To prevent serious and fatal accidents to children under 18 years of age, through:

• Research

Statistics, academic articles and safety journals.

• Education

We lecture and give talks on various safety topics, e.g. road safety, drowning, burns and poisoning.