“Wisdom is giving the children their wings,
along with the rudder of awareness to keep them safe from prying hands” –
Yamini Vijendrum.
Good touches feel nice and warm, and make one
feel safe and protected. Keeping the above thought in mind, Witty International
School organised a session on Good Touch and Bad Touch for the Primary
Wittians. Doctors from Sanjeevani Hospital Foundation showed our Wittians real
– life situations which include various safe touches and unsafe touches. It
helped build awareness about Child Sexual Abuse and it was a session aimed at
creating awareness among students to sensitize them about good touch and bad
touch.
All
students of Witty International School actively participated in the engaging
workshop where they were taught about their safe zones. Speakers (Dr. Aruna
Sadarangani and Dr. Smitha Murthy),
with the help of numerous videos, pictures character play etc. explained
the students how to differentiate and identify “bad touch” or other
“uncomfortable behaviour” from others. They were also given instructions on how
one should react or respond in an uncomfortable situation. At the end of the
session, children had to answer questionnaire to review their understanding. It
was a great initiative and step to spread awareness about ‘ Good and Bad
Touch’ - one of the most sensitive
issues in today’s time for children to understand the prevailing truth and
essential guidelines to deal with the same, thus making themselves future
ready. And this all was ‘BECAUSE CHILDREN MATTER.’
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