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Children should be SEEN, and NOT HURT
The outrage should have caught fire with the first child victim in our country – but only small segments of our society seemed to take each case to heart.Child after child has suffered – and suffers still – under the cruelty of their tormentors and the indifference of their nation.I remember the e-mail of Sheldean. I remember thinking it was another hoax/joke/ someone crying “Wolf”. I remember deleting the e-mail.I am also guilty of indifference!Let this be the last time.As a community of bloggers, we have the tools and resources to varify these e-mails – and to spread the word of ligitimate cases. By just posting – we can help. By keeping our eyes open, we can help. By noticing people around children, we can help. By focusing our minds on this problem – we can come up with solutions.In shame, and in memory of those we lost along the way.
“DEAR FRIEND / COLLEAGUE / CARING PARENT
We recently forwarded numerous communiqués regarding the dissapearance of Sheldean Human, throughout South Africa. Newspapers, radio and television channels carried updates on a daily basis for more than two weeks. South Africa hoped and prayed…Sadly, we were advised tonight that she had been found…her abductor confessed and led police to where he hid her badly decomposed body.South Africa is mourning tonight…As a community, it was devastating for us to have had one of our kids go missing. We supported the police in their search and cried out against this horrible thing that was happening. But for little Sheldean Human…it was too late…
To demonstrate our outrage at the slaughtering of an innocent child, a decision was taken tonight by members of eBlockWatch (http://www.eblockwatch.co.za/) that all its members and fellow South Africans will wear Pink shirts and jeans on Friday 9 March 2007 (this is what Sheldean wore the day she went missing). We will also gather at the court where the culprit will be appearing on this day, to shout out our frustration, calling upon our Government and communities to stand up against crime.
THUS, we invite everybody to take part in the second Pink Day on Friday, 9 March 2007. Wear a pink top and jeans, in support of and sympathy with Sheldean Human’s family and to show you oppose violence against children.Forward this request to all people you can reach via e-mail, cellphone and mouth-to-mouth.”
(from: Pink for Sheldean)