Sarawak Women for Women Society (SWWS) organised the Training of Trainers on the topic of Personal Safety for Children at one of the hotel in the Kuching on 9 October 2017. 

The objective of the training was to introduce and train the future trainers especially school teachers and children’s care givers from various Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) on the methods of teaching children about personal safety. The subject also aimed to raise awareness amongst children on how to protect themselves from child sexual abuse. The speakers are from the members of Sarawak Women for Women Society.

This training module consists of different topics such as; the uniqueness of each child, children’s right, private body parts, feeling and touches, safe and unsafe touches, safety rules, secrets, how to seek for help and support systems. 

A total of 70 participants participated in the half day training. Most of the participants were from various primary schools in Kuching. The training had the sanction and approval from the Education Department. SWWS hopes that the participants will conduct such similar children safety programme in their own schools and communities in order to teach children about personal safety.