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As one of the thematic areas for RICNET is knowledge sharing and advocacy where communities are built by facilitating access to reliable , timely and relevant information, knowledge and skills in different fields, radio talk shows have been held on KRC Fm in fort portal City to share information on child safeguarding to the community. This was done to help the community to reinforce their community measures on child safeguarding through parenting and identifying hot spots to act as safe spaces for the out of school adolescents.
These talk shows have been attended by different stakeholders that is the cultural and religious
leaders, the community based facilitators and the peer educators. About parenting, the discussion was about the needs of children in different developmental stages where at physical development a child needs proper nutrition, shelter, play, protection from violence; Cognitive development involves simulation, colorful pictures, education, interactive play ,good nutrition, time for rest ;Emotional development where a child needs supportive family, love, feelings secure, protection from neglect and emotional abuse ; Social development which involves good behavior and positive role models. The four kinds of parenting were discussed that is firm, strict, permissive and non involved parenting.
The peer educators shared on the knowledge
received from the sessions about life skills, building self esteem and
confidence through their safe spaces, skills in business management, solving
conflicts with their peers and being resilient from practices that lead them to
be violent to themselves and to others in their communities.
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