KUCHING: Sarawak Women for Women Society (SWWS) organised the Training of Trainers on the topic of ‘Personal Safety for Children’ at a hotel here on 9 October.
The objective of the training was to introduce and train the future trainers especially school teachers and children’s care givers from various Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) on the methods of teaching children about personal safety. The subject also aimed to raise awareness amongst children on how to protect themselves from child sexual abuse.
The speakers were members of Sarawak Women for Women Society. The training module consisted of different topics such as; the uniqueness of each child, children’s rights, private body parts, feeling and touches, safe and unsafe touches, safety rules, secrets, how to seek for help and support systems. A total of 70 participants took part in the half day training with most of them from primary schools here.
The training was sanctioned and approved by the Education Department. SWWS hoped that the participants will conduct such similar children safety programme in their own schools and communities in order to teach children about personal safety.
