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http://Prof Susan Kreston fields questions at the Molo Songololo discussion at Centre for the Book

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http://Prof Susan Kreston fields questions at the Molo Songololo discussion at Centre for the Book

NEWS FROM THE CONSULATE

Issues of Child Prostitution and the 2010 World Cup

October 23, 2009

Former US Fulbright Professor Susan Kreston was the featured speaker at a major roundtable discussion on child prostitution and the 2010 World Cup, hosted by Molo Songololo, the Cape Town based child rights organization. Professor Kreston’s deep knowledge and experience in South Africa on issues of child sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking, informed her presentation “Defining and Understanding Child Sexual Exploitation in the Context of 2010 FWC and Beyond.”
 
Kreston’s presentation aimed to assist stakeholders gathered at the discussion in understanding the risks leading up to, and during, such a major world event, and what protections are afforded under the new Sexual Offences Act, as well as in the draft bill on human trafficking.  Many participants were especially concerned by the fact that schools will be closed for 5 weeks during the World Cup, thus increasing the vulnerability of children during this time period.

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Consul General Dr Mayberry speaks to learners at Kleinberg Primary School who will benefit from a book donation by an American school

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Consul General Dr Mayberry speaks to learners at Kleinberg Primary School who will benefit from a book donation by an American school

Reading Text Books for Cape Primary School

American Reading Specialist Beth Elmen, and daughter Katie Elmen, a Special Education teacher in Cape Town, have spent the last two years building the library at Kleinberg Primary school in Ocean View, just outside of Cape Town.

The most recent goal was to get the school reading textbooks. It began with a letter-writing partnership between the children of Kleinberg and students at Nancy Young Elementary in Aurora, Illinois. Oakbrook School District #53 generously donated an entire textbook series, grades 1-5.  More >>

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Secretary Clinton with Patricia Matolengwe, head of the local chapter of the South African Homeless People’s Federation

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Secretary Clinton with Patricia Matolengwe, head of the local chapter of the South African Homeless People’s Federation

Cape Townships Revisited

Secretary Clinton visited two Cape Town townships while in South Africa to see homes built by the South African Homeless People Federation.
 
The first home she visited was in Philipi.  She had visited the site in 1998 with her husband, then President Bill Clinton and laid some of the bricks in the foundation.

When she returned on August 8, 2009, she met the Mkhize family which now lives in the home.  The second site she visited was in Khayelitsha, where the  SAHPF has nearly finished construction on a home.

While at the site, the Secretary and members of her party planted trees and flowers. More >>