10/09/2020
Children love stories. Their minds are incredible, imaginative, scientific, curious, passionate! Every child deserves her/his mind 2 be nurtured & their body & mind protected from physical or emotional abuse.
Our children suffer & we remain silent.
I have been suggesting that perhaps we create small manageable grids all over Pakistan, urban & rural areas.
Each grid should have it's own data base, its own social service worker, w a team to keep an eye on the well being of children,
a clinic & at least a primary school. It should have trained mental health counselors, who specialise in working with children, a park or play area & police personal keeping an eye on things & suspicious people, activities.
The Government should learn from groups like
and people like Sarah Ahmad of Punjab Protection Bureau
Who have succeeded in running large enterprises to nurture and protect children.
They should hire men like Instructor James Justin and his sons who can teach large groups of children physical fitness.
The media should invest in huge public awareness campaigns 2 warn predators & teach awareness 2 children & adults on how 2 keep children safe.
I have worked w many children who have been r***d by their own uncles, brothers, cousins, father's or staff members. Many. Good touch bad touch is an important & sensitive talk that every child needs to learn.
No teacher, child protection worker or tutor should be hired without a proper data base check.
even religious teachers need checking.
No child should be alone w an adult male from outside the immediate family.
Children need 2 be taught how to speak out, share abuse & not be scared of the consequences.
The concept of Shame and Izzat lootna needs 2 be eradicated around child abuse or any abuse. The abused child's shame has not been compromised, it is the abuser who has none! Don't shame abused children or male them feel shame. Focus on counselling & a healthy future.
Child brothels, labourers, beggers, Kasur, Zainab, Marwah...
No more! Please speak now
