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Police department spreads anti-bullying messages |24 February 2023

Police department spreads anti-bullying messages
  • Plans to take the campaign nationwide

 

A group of police officers were in town on Wednesday morning to spread anti-bullying messages through the distribution of different bookmarks with positive message.

The officers, mainly from the Family squad and Child Protection unit, clad in pink, shared the messages to the public, to coincide with Anti-Bullying Day commemorated on every last Wednesday in February.

On that day people wear pink shirt to stand against bullying, which refers to an incident in Canada, in 2007, when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying after a new Year 10 student was harassed and threatened for wearing pink. These students bought dozens of pink shirts and distributed them to their classmates to wear the next day.

In Seychelles the day is observed annually to highlight the country’s own fight against bullying and this year the police department once again brought its voice to the fight by educating the public about the plight and why it was important to stand against it.

The public relations and corporate image officer, Sergeant Julinio Nourrice, said they will be taking their messages to the entire population as Wednesday’s activity was the first in an anti-bullying campaign the police department plans to carry out nationally.

“We have started with the town where there are a lot of people and we will then move to other corners of the country where we plan to hold talks in all schools about bullying, its impact and how and why we should stand against it,” he told Seychelles NATION.

The bookmarks were distributed on Mahé, Praslin and La Digue and Sergeant Nourrice said the response was positive, with the public welcoming such an initiative, stating it was important that the matter was being addressed and given its due attention.

He said the officers focused on all forms of bullying including cyber bullying, which is becoming very common.

The accompanying photos are some of the officers that were in town as well as the various poems and positive messages featured on the bookmarks.

 

Patsy Canaya

Photos contributed

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