The Child Behind the Statistic
Behind every child protection statistic is one specific, individual, irreplaceable child. One child who needed, at a particular moment in their life, for someone to notice. To intervene. To choose them. National Child Protection Week runs from 29 May to 5 June 2026. This post is about what choosing a child actually looks like, and why you are not too small to do it.
Progress, carefully welcomed: the Children’s Amendment Bill, 2025
New child protection legislation is working its way through Parliament. Here is what it proposes, what we find hopeful, and where we are watching carefully.