Today is the UN's International Day of No Violence Against Women and it kicks of the 16 Days of Activism Against Women and Child Abuse in South Africa. Around the world, it is 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, but in South Africa, the campaign includes child abuse as well.
My friend Ryan (Brown) has been working for years with South African children who are allowed to live on the streets. This year, he is taking his activism further and is kicking off 365 Days of Activism by spending the next sixteen days living on the streets of Cape Town with some of these children. He left his home in Muizenberg today and took the train into town - he didn't take any money, a cell phone, or a change of clothes, and he isn't coming home for the next sixteen days. Ryan is working to raise awareness and is putting his money life where his mouth is, so to speak, by walking in the shoes of the vulnerable and forgotten.
Follow Ryan's journey over the next sixteen days on the blog he set up with a prepaid account - he'll be posting from the streets on a semi-regular basis over the next couple of weeks. And hear his call to make activism against women and child abuse a 365/24/7 occasion.
Thanks for the tip, I'll look for his blog.
Posted by: Steve Hayes | November 26, 2008 at 17:47