Blow a whistle for child protection
The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Omuhoko Trust handed over 500 whistles to the education ministry, together with Namibian Police Force (Nampol).
The trust, which was originally started by the assistants and secretaries of PwC, has flourished to such an extent where over 80% of the employees are involved.
“As a corporate it is important to help solve crime within communities and in the nation at large,” Nangula Uaandja, country senior partner at PwC, said.
Commissioner Christopher Nakanyala said the aim of the campaign is to address violence against school children, in homes and communities by teaching learners about their personal safety, equipping them with safety tips on how to react to unsafe situations and by them immediately sounding the alarm, such as blowing a whistle when they are in danger or even feel threatened.
“There is a grave concern of the escalation of violence against women and children in Namibia, installing a fear amongst community members, especially with the reporting of violence against children, with them either being abducted, murdered or raped,” Nakanyala said.
Omuhoko Trust vice-chairperson Jacques van Zyl, PwC country senior partner Nangula Uaandja, education inspector Milton Ya Otto, Nampol’s head of the crime prevention directorate Commissioner Nakanyala, Nampol head of the community policing division and crime prevention directorate Deputy Commissioner Victoria Matjila and education ministry coordinator Emilie Haipinge. PHOTO Octavia Tsibes
The trust, which was originally started by the assistants and secretaries of PwC, has flourished to such an extent where over 80% of the employees are involved.
“As a corporate it is important to help solve crime within communities and in the nation at large,” Nangula Uaandja, country senior partner at PwC, said.
Commissioner Christopher Nakanyala said the aim of the campaign is to address violence against school children, in homes and communities by teaching learners about their personal safety, equipping them with safety tips on how to react to unsafe situations and by them immediately sounding the alarm, such as blowing a whistle when they are in danger or even feel threatened.
“There is a grave concern of the escalation of violence against women and children in Namibia, installing a fear amongst community members, especially with the reporting of violence against children, with them either being abducted, murdered or raped,” Nakanyala said.
Omuhoko Trust vice-chairperson Jacques van Zyl, PwC country senior partner Nangula Uaandja, education inspector Milton Ya Otto, Nampol’s head of the crime prevention directorate Commissioner Nakanyala, Nampol head of the community policing division and crime prevention directorate Deputy Commissioner Victoria Matjila and education ministry coordinator Emilie Haipinge. PHOTO Octavia Tsibes
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