August
1 - 7 August: World Breastfeeding week. Download National Breastfeeding Week Fact Sheet [PDF] and Q & A Guide – Breastfeeding Week 2011 [PDF] and read the press release: UNICEF celebrates Global Breastfeeding Week by taking the message beyond health clinics
9 August: National Women's Day
12 August: International Youth Day
13 August 2011: School community sports festival and multi-purpose playing field inauguration. By Department of Basic Education, Provincial Department of Education – Gauteng, UNICEF, Total South Africa. From 08h45 for 09h00 until 15h00 at Senaonae Secondary School, Senaone, Soweto.
UNICEF recognises that sport and play can be powerful vehicles for working with disadvantaged and vulnerable children. Regular physical activity is essential for the physical, mental, psychological and social development of children and teens. Sport is also an ideal entry point for child, youth and community programmes. Senaone Secondary School is one of a number of schools that are implementing ‘Sport for Development’. As part of the Sport for Development programme, the school will be hosting a community school sports festival, to strengthen inter-school collaboration and promote sport in the community. Football, netball, volleyball and basketball will be played on the schools new multi-purpose playing facilities, which have just been completed as part of UNICEF’s support to the school.
We hope that you will be able to join us on this special day, to celebrate child – and community – development through sport.
To confirm attendance or for interviews contact:
Kate Pawelczyk, Communications Officer, UNICEF South Africa
Mobile : 0731563650 or 0823365565
Email: kpawelczyk@unicef.org
16 August 2011: Launch of the 2011 Child Gauge, Cape Town, 17:00 - 20:00. The 6th edition of the Child Gauge will be launched on 16 August 2011. The publication focuses on the right of children to participate in matters that affect them. Download the programme [PDF]
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