Botswana: CDC launches child protection committee

Palapye – The Central District Council was applauded for being the first to launch child protection committees in all of its seven subdistricts.

The district would have acted quickly by calling all its subdistricts together under one roof to sensitize them and make them aware of the importance of the committees.

Ms. Botlogile Tshireletso, Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, stated that her main goal was to ensure the implementation of responsive, integrated and comprehensive initiatives for the protection, care and support of rural communities. children.

Ms. Tshireletso stated that it was now up to the Department of Social and Community Development, as coordinator, to ensure quality standards. The committees were fully functional and mobilized resources for district activities.

She noted that the provision of services for children is weak coordination at various levels, lack of spirit of volunteerism, poor networking and information exchange. The deputy minister urged everyone to work collectively for the children's lives.

Even though she knew of the lack of resources as one of the constraints, she urged them to do their best with the little that they had to make sure they did. Tshireletso said the government, through his ministry, had invested heavily in efforts to promote the rights and well-being of the child, which had been well articulated in the 2009 law on the children.

the law also defined the rights and obligations of the various duty bearers, such as parents, service providers and communities.

The government had already provided unwavering support to various children, including those in need of social badistance, those in need of special care, people with HIV, school dropouts and the disabled. Ms. Tshireletso also indicated that she was providing psychosocial support to vulnerable children and their families, and that she was training parents and the community on child protection services.

It became clear that children's problems needed to be taken seriously. She said that it was with this in mind that the Central District Council saw fit to bring together partners to discuss issues that have an impact on children's lives, emphasizing the participatory approach, multisectorial and decentralized

The theme of the workshop was "It takes a community to raise a child".

Ms. Tshireletso said that this theme encouraged everyone to take responsibility for every child in society.

She once said that it was a cultural norm that orphans and the needy were absorbed into supportive structures such as extended families, where they were receiving all kinds of It worries that many children are exposed to risks that compromise their well-being, often involved in rape, jobs, drugs and deprived of access to educational and health services.

The deputy minister also expressed concern over the high number of child-related cases, some of which are still pending in court, noting that the central district alone accounted for 335 cases

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