Five Rise Young women Clubs (Young Stars, Arise, Shine, Hot Divas & Cool girls) in collaboration with the local SAPS office and CPF took the Ntha community in Lindley by storm with the 16 Days of Activism Campaign that they have launched on 30 November and the World Aids Day- Know your status Campaign on 01 December 2015.
Mehaladitwe and Unlimited Rise Clubs (QwaQwa) were planning to work together in order to organise a World Aids day as well as 16 Days of Activism campaign on 01 December 2015 in QwaQwa. They invited the local clinic to give presentations to the public about HIV/AIDS and SAPS to educate the participants about the types of domestic violence that are occurring in their community.
This year the Motheo District Soul City Rise Young Women Clubs and FS Working on Fire Teams decided to take hands in order to mark these two important days through the “When I see something that’s not okay, I will say it’s’# Not Okay Campaign – an effort to motivate communities to take a stand towards victimisation, discrimination and abuse.
Young people have relationships and engage in sex; but sometimes this is risky for any number of reasons; risky sex is unprotected sex; sometimes though young girls particularly can also be strong and not be pressured into sex; it is not easy testing positive for HIV; but it is also not a death sentence.
South African viewers will for the first time on 1 December, 2015 tune in to gripping, entertaining and informative dedicated health and lifestyle channel The Good Life Network (GLN) on DStv channel 199.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has told EWN an increase in infections is the result of numerous factors.
Antiretroviral treatment may have lowered the death rate in people living with HIV, but the rate of new infections remains extremely high. And HIV is still an emergency.
Tlonolofatso RYWC marched from a place called “The Snake Park” in QwaQwa to Tharollo school where the 16 Days of Activism event with the focus “When I see something that is not Ok I will say - It not #OK” was held.
The campaign of 16 days of activism to no violence against women and children is to address and encourage society to acknowledge that violence against women and children and children is not government or criminal justice system problem, but a societal problem, and failure to view it as such results in all efforts falling to eradicate this scourge in our communities.
The Boikarabelo Rise Young Women’s Club from Rosendal were marching on Sunday, 29 November 2015 in the streets of Mautse, Rosendal in an attempt to send out a message to all Child Abusers living in the area that they will not keep quiet any more, but report all crimes against women and children.
Cedarville is a small town between the borders of KZN and Lesotho with a population of 4412. It is categorised mainly by farms. Some of the main challenges in this area includes high rate of HIV, teenage pregnancy and Alcohol abuse.
A total of 23 clubs from in and around Mthatha, Eastern Cape met on Saturday the 21 November 2015 in Ngangelizwe at the Rotary Hall to commemorate the 16 Days of No Violence campaign and World AIDS day. The event was to remind young Women that HIV is there and it exist.
Lindley Rise clubs working hand in hand with SAPS for 16 Day's of Activism as well as World Aids Day
