Sheriff of the Eastern Cape Division High Court, Annerie Wolmarans, distributed whistles and teddy bears to pupils at Kuyasa Special Needs School on Friday, as part of her Whistles for Weapons campaign to fight abuse of women and children.
Sheriff of the Eastern Cape Division High Court, Annerie Wolmarans, distributed whistles and teddy bears to pupils at Kuyasa Special Needs School on Friday, as part of her Whistles for Weapons campaign to fight abuse of women and children.
Principal, Gill Rothman said she would encourage the children to carry their whistles with them wherever they went. “I'll go around from class to class and encourage the kids to wear their whistles. " 'If somebody follows you into the toilet, it doesn't matter who it is, you blow your whistle',” was the advice she planned to give them. Rothman explained that children attending the school were intellectually impaired.
“They function at a much lower level than most normal people,” she said, explaining that in any school, children were vulnerable in the toilets. Wolmarans explained that she started the Whistle for Weapons Campaign on Women's Day this year. She said she was inspired by her daughter-in-law, Daneil Wolmarans, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in March 2007.
“She's forever fighting for her life. I thought I would like to do something in honour of her. That's why I started this campaign, and I thought if I only save one life, I'll be very happy about it,” said Wolmarans. “We would like everybody, especially women and children, to have a whistle,” she said.
