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• General Safety
• Police and Fire: 10111
It is important to know local emergency numbers for your own area as well. Memorise these and make sure your children know what to do and whom to call in an emergency as well.
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FAMILY STRENGTH EXPO: GUGULETU INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX, CAPE TOWN
In celebrating the International Year of Families, the Department of Social Development hosted a three days Family Expo from the 13-15 May 2011 at the Guguletu Indoor Sports complex. Social Development identified the FAMILY as the basic unit of society that needs to be strengthened so that it can continue to play its rightful role in society, namely, the physiological, economic, spiritual, physical and social care and protection of its members.
Childsafe, a campaign of The Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Southern Africa (CAPFSA was one of the organisations that were invited to take part in the Expo. There was a huge interest shown at our exhibition stand with more than two thousand visitors during the three days with parents flocking for resources / educational materials.
It was an Expo worth attending as Childsafe gained a lot of exposure to the public and managed to form a network with a number of government, public and private organisations. We also managed to reach more than five hundred and awareness on childhood injury prevention was made quite significantly.
LAUNCH OF GLOBAL DECADE OF ACTION FOR ROAD SAFETY
The World Health Organisation’s Decade of Action for Road Safety was launched globally on 11 May 2011. On 19 May 2011 as part of Childsafe’s(South Africa) contribution the Buckle-up Banner was hung on the fencing of the Red Cross Children’s Hospital’s vehicle entrance. Professor Sebastian van As, the head of the trauma unit and of Childsafe,wrote in his editorial in the World Journal of Paediatrics in November 2010, that traffic accidents account for 32%s of child deaths, making it one of the top three factors affecting child mortality. Annually the hospital treats close to 300 children who were involved in motor vehicle accidents as passengers. Nearly 90% of those children were not strapped properly in the vehicle.
This message was targeted to patients and staff coming in and out of the hospital. It drew public attention as well as media as we had lots of enquiries thereafter. We are in a process of securing funding/sponsorship for a permanent notice.
Congratulations to Prof Van As
Prof Sebastian Van As delivered the Michael van Vloten Lecture at the Dutch Society for Surgery where he spoke on Paediatric Trauma and Child Abuse in Africa.
At the event he was awarded the Michael van Vloten Medal from the President of the Dutch Association of Surgeons.
CERTIFICATION CEREMONY: 14 AUGUST 2009
Childsafe, a campaign of the Child Accident Prevention Foundation, will be hosting a certification ceremony on the 14th August 2009. The ceremony follows the three-day Health and Safety training course, which was held on the 27, 28 & 29 May 2009 for forty three Educare teachers from Delft. This three days course was the initiative of the South African National Road Agency (SANRAL) and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) aimed at reducing road fatalities around the R300. SANRAL & GRSP outsourced Childsafe to run the training course and provided the financial support for the project.
Childsafe also issues a quarterly newsletter. Please click here to read recent issues.
Additionally, Childsafe has brochures and other educational material available online and at our office. Please click here for more information.
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