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Overstrand Dream Project
Congratulations WANDILE GRIFHS, MZOXOLO NTYATHO and THEMBELA NTYATHO!
These children, all part of the HRT's Children's Circle of Support programme, were announced as winners in their respective categories in the Overstrand Dream Competition.
The Overstrand Teenage Pregnancy Forum in co-operation with the Moral Standards Initiative, the Department of Education, Whale Coast FM 96 and other community organisations, ran a project in September that aimed to address various social problems in the community.
Research indicates that children who are assisted to strive for something positive in the future, are less inclined to become involved with alcohol and drugs, early sexual activity and various forms of violence and crime. It was therefore a positive collective effort that all local schools became involved in the project:
MY DREAM FOR THE FUTURE
TARGET GROUP: Grades 7 – 11
Learners were encouraged to express their dreams for the future in one or more of the following ways:
- Prose and/or poetry
- Visual art
- Individual singing
- Choral singing
- Drama
- Dance
OUTCOMES:
- Display a positive, realistic expectation of the future.
- Understand the challenges which may destroy his/her dream (alcohol and drug abuse, violence, teenage pregnancy, etc.), how to prevent and cope with them.
- Set goals for his/ her future as a total person (with physical, intellectual, social, emotional and spiritual needs).
- Understand the importance of values for dreams (i.e. responsibility, honesty, respect, fairness, trustworthiness, caring and being a good citizen).
Schools were requested to select finalists in the categories for which they entered, and external judges chose overall winners from these finalists. Prizes were linked to the category in which the learners participated (for example free art lessons, a course in creative writing, public exposure or the opportunity to shadow the career of his/her dream).
For more information please contact the following people:
- Dr Nelia Louw (Coordinator): 028-312-3885 / 082-573-9988
- Ms Prudence Gillion (School Social Worker): 082-362-0192
