LOCAL COUNCIL ONE CHAIRPERSONS OF KIBIITO TOWN COUNCIL TRAINED IN VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN /ADOLESCENTS PREVENTION.

 

Local council one leaders are the first contact person in the community and play a big role in case management and prevention of violence against children. However local council leaders seem to have slept on this role, hence need to reawaken them. RIC-NET organized training on the prevention of violence against children and adolescents for the local council one chairpersons that took place at Travellers nest hotel in Kibiito town council on 26^th -27^th /04/2021. The training was attended by 17 (M-14, F-4).

ED RIC-NET explaining different forms of violence

The training was carried out to strengthen the skills of the LCs and mandate on prevention of violence against children. The key areas of the training were identification of hot spots of violence, deliberate promoting of parenting skills and practices as well as proper responding to cases of violence against children. The trained local leaders are to be instrumental in sharing with communities in their respective areas for example during council village meetings and their routine interactions with families.

CDO addressing the Local council one chairpersons

The CDO Kibiito town council encouraged the LC1s to use the opportunity from RIC-NET that has come to create a change and an impact in their villages so that the cases of violence can reduce in Kibiito. The LC1 chairpersons thanked RIC-NET for the training and confessed that they are very many cases of violence in their villages and promised to do their part since they have received the training.