IPhini likaKhomishana u-Ellie Vesey-Thompson uvakashele inhlangano esiza abantulayo ezinikele ekwesekeni abantu abasha eSurrey njengoba le nhlangano yethula izingqungquthela ezimayelana nokuphepha kwe-inthanethi.
The I-Eikon Charity, enamahhovisi e-Fullbrook School e-Adlestone, inikeza iseluleko nokunakekela isikhathi eside ezinganeni nakubasha abadinga ukusekelwa ngokomzwelo nokuphila kahle.
Emasontweni adlule, abazali nabanakekeli bamenywe ukuthi bajoyine amasemina aku-inthanethi azobasiza bakhe ukuzethemba ukuze babe nezingxoxo nezingane mayelana nokugcina uphephile ku-inthanethi. A umhlahlandlela wamahhala iyatholakala futhi, esidawunilodelwe imikhaya emhlabeni wonke.
Isinyathelo esisha siphawula ukungezwa kwakamuva eminikelo yenhlangano esiza abantulayo. I-Eikon, eyamukela kokubili ukuzithumela kanye nokudluliselwa okuvela Imisebenzi yengqondo – phambilini ebiyaziwa ngokuthi Izinkonzo Zezempilo Yengqondo Yezingane kanye Nentsha (CAMHS) – isebenza ezikoleni nasemiphakathini kuzo zonke izindawo eziyisikhombisa zaseSurrey.
Abasekeli bentsha abavela e-Eikon bazinze ezikoleni ezinhlanu njengengxenye yohlelo lwe-Smart Schools, kanti abaxhumanisi bokungenelela kusenesikhathi bafakwe emadolobheni amathathu. Inhlangano esiza abantulayo iphinde iqeqeshe abeluleki bentsha - noma amaNxusa Abaphathi Abahlakaniphile - ukuthi basekele ontanga yabo.
Inhlangano esiza abantulayo ibone ukwanda kwesidingo kubantu abasha abanenkinga yengqondo ngenxa yalolu bhubhane.
U-Ellie uthe: “Ukuphepha kwezingane zethu kanye nentsha ku-inthanethi yinto ekhula njalo, futhi ukuzigcina ziphephile kuwumthwalo wawo wonke umuntu.
“Nakuba i-inthanethi nokunye ukuthuthuka kwezobuchwepheshe ngokungangabazeki kuletha izinzuzo eziningi, futhi inikeza abenzi bobubi izindlela zokuxhaphaza abantu abasha ngezinhloso ezingacabangeki, ezihlanganisa ukuzilungisa ku-inthanethi nokunukubezwa kwezingane ngokobulili.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ukuzwa kwa-Eikon ngomsebenzi wabo wokweseka nokweluleka abazali nabanakekeli ngokugcina izingane kanye nentsha bephephile ku-inthanethi ngamasemina abo nezinye izinsiza.
“Noma ubani angabhalisa mahhala ukuze afunde kabanzi mayelana nendlela yokugcina abantu abasha bephephile ngangokunokwenzeka lapho bexhumeke ku-inthanethi.
“Mina noKhomishana, kanye nethimba lethu lonke, sizinikele ekwesekeni izingane zesifunda. Ngonyaka odlule, leli thimba laphumelela ukucela u-£1million woxhaso lwe-Home Office, oluzosetshenziswa kakhulukazi ukufundisa abantu abasha ngokulimala kodlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane namantombazane.
“Le mali izosetshenziswa ukufukula amandla abantu abasha ngezifundo zabo zePersonal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE). Izophinde ikhokhele umkhankaso ohlukile okuhloswe ngawo ukudala uguquko lwamasiko ezimo zengqondo ezigxilile eziholela kulolu hlobo lobugebengu, kanye nokweseka inqwaba yezinhlangano ezisiza abampofu ezisiza abasinde odlameni.
“Kuyangijabulisa ukubona izinhlangano ezifana ne-Eikon zinikeza ezinye izinsiza ezihlakaniphile, njengalezi zingqungquthela zabazali, ezihambisana nalezi zinhlelo ezintsha. Sonke ukusebenzisana kwethu futhi sisekela izingane kanye nentsha, nabazali nabanakekeli, kuwukhiye wokugcina intsha yethu iphephile.”
UCaroline Blake, Umdidiyeli Wohlelo Lwezikole lwe-Eikon, uthe: “Ukusekela Usuku Lwe-inthanethi Ephephile - elinendikimba ethi 'Ingabe ufuna ukukhuluma ngalo? Ukwenza indawo yezingxoxo ezimayelana nempilo ye-inthanethi' – kusivumele njenge-Eikon ukuphakamisa iphrofayili yokuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukuxhumana nezingane zethu kanye nentsha mayelana nomsebenzi wabo ku-inthanethi.
"Ezweni elihlala lishintsha, umhlahlandlela wethu unikeza amathiphu okulula ukuwalandela, asebenzayo okuthi ungeseka kanjani imindeni ukuze ifunde komunye nomunye futhi yakhe imikhuba enempilo nezingxoxo mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwayo ku-inthanethi."
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