Sparrow Trust

20/10/2026

We are so privileged to have worked alongside Life Heroes over the last eight years as they bring social emotional development to our communities!
We spent the morning with Belinda Rykenberg strategising about how to increase the reach of their fundamental and crucial life skills curriculum to create more Champions in Life. We look forward to what the future holds!

Pop onto their page for more info on their programs for schools, play therapy sessions, and early childhood intervention at Uniquely Me - Early Childhood Intervention & Family Support.

19/10/2026

We recently had the privilege to join our colleagues from civil society, academia, and various departments for the KwaZulu-Natal Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Workshop, hosted by the Department of Justice & Constitutional Development.

The focus was on legislation, victim identification and support, stakeholder responsibilities, South African Police Service National Instructions, implementation challenges and practical solutions.

In the words of the The Rise Up Movement team, "Silence protects traffickers - informed and engaged communities can help protect victims.
Stand up. Speak out. Take action. Together, we can help combat human trafficking in KwaZulu-Natal."

19/10/2026

FINAL 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧 DRIVE
Thank you to The Rise Up Movement for your generosity in support of our ✨️Comfort Pack Project✨!
To our supportive community, and those on the North Coast, click on over to their page to see what Josh and his team are doing to End Human Trafficking and Gender-Based Violence.

Will you join us in ONE FINAL drive to put love in action through tangible acts of kindness?

YOU CAN donate any of the following items to our ✨️Comfort Pack Project✨️

🫧toiletries
📝stationary items
🧸small soft toys
🍬snacks!

This is a 💙 project that seeks to inspire and encourage greater victim-centred and trauma-informed services to our communities.

When a victim of crime seeks assistance from a trained social worker, the first responder is able to give them a ✨️Comfort Pack✨️ containing essential items as a token of love and support as they navigate the initial reporting process.

If you would like to know more about this project and how you can get involved, send our team a message:

Email: [email protected]
Phone OR WhatsApp: 082 263 9710

14/10/2026

14/10/2026

It can start with something completely ordinary.

A chat notification.�A friend request.�A game invite.�A request to meet up.

These are part of everyday digital life for children and young people. But Through Children’s Eyes shows how the same spaces can also be used to build trust, test boundaries and begin harmful contact.

Across the 21 countries studied, almost 60% of technology-facilitated sexual abuse cases occurred on social media, while 14% occurred in online games.

In Zambia, growing connectivity brings opportunity, but it also makes it increasingly important that children can use digital spaces safely and know where to turn when something feels wrong.

🛡️ Online safety cannot rest on children alone.
🌐 Safer digital spaces must be built around them.

📖 Read Through Children’s Eyes: https://bit.ly/3UaoNXi

📞 Need help or support? Call Childline 116, free, nationwide and available 24/7.



Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, Zambia, Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority, LifeLine/Childline Zambia, Advocacy for Child Justice Zambia Police Service, The National Prosecution Authority of Zambia, The Judiciary of Zambia Zambia Civic Education Association YWCA Council Of Zambia Mother of Millions The National Prosecution Authority of Zambia Zambia Law Development Commission UP Zambia - Undikumbukire Project Kids Alive Zambia Anti-Human Trafficking Department - AHTD Human Rights Commission- Zambia National Legal Aid Clinic for Women

14/10/2026

𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
UMTENTWENI
This past week our team had the privilege to be invited to do a community awareness & safety session with the Umtentweni Community Police Forum patrolers, ExCo and concerned citizens.

Our focus was Human Trafficking and technology facilitated exploitation:

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 discussing what it actually looks like when it happens in a 'normal' community;
🚩 Signs and RED flags;
✋️ Identifying the most vulnerable as well as the perpetrators;
☎️ How and to whom suspicions must be reported.

We are always grateful for opportunities to engage with all members of society to promote safety and to equip communities to make informed choices.

To enquire about booking a safety session for your school, community group, or retirement home, email [email protected]

09/10/2026

𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨
To the beautiful ladies who use their creativity and time to craft these special teddies, we say thank you.

This past week we had the wonderful opportunity to visit Genesis Hope South Africa in Port Shepstone and to see first hand the dynamic and life-changing impact they make in so many urban and rural communities.

Thanks to your generosity, we were able to gift them some of these precious bears along with school stationary received from Being Helping Hands in Isipingo.

It is wonderful when so many civil society organisations can take hands to show the world who and what LOVE really looks like!

Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." 📖

08/10/2026

FINAL 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧 DRIVE

Will you join us in ONE FINAL drive to put love in action through tangible acts of kindness?

YOU CAN donate any of the following items to our ✨️Comfort Pack Project✨️

🫧toiletries
📝stationary items
🧸small soft toys
🍬snacks!

This is a 💙 project that seeks to inspire and encourage greater victim-centred and trauma-informed services to our communities.

When a victim of crime seeks assistance from a trained social worker, the first responder is able to give them a ✨️Comfort Pack✨️ containing essential items as a token of love and support as they navigate the initial reporting process.

If you would like to know more about this project and how you can get involved, send our team a message:

Email: [email protected]
Phone OR WhatsApp: 082 263 9710

08/10/2026

Too many of our boys right here, in this community, suffer in silence because they don't believe that anyone will listen to them.

Unfortunately, predators and abusers capitalize on this vulnerability.

As master manipulators perpetrators may skillfully involve themselves in a child's life upholding a public persona of an upstanding citizen that makes it very difficult for people to believe a child's allegations.

But it is imperative that every child has a network of safe adults to talk to. A person who will listen without judgement. A person who will assist a child in receiving support and care, whether it be counselling or reporting to a designated child protection organisation or police officer.

Remember that according to the Children’s Act (No. 38 of 2005) teachers are included in the list (section 110(1) of professional persons who are obliged to report if they have reasonable grounds to conclude that a child has been abused in a manner causing physical injury, sexually abused or deliberately neglected.

A report must be made to a Designated Child Protection Organization, the provincial Department of Social Development or a police official.

🩵In Amanzimtoti the SAPS GBV Desk operates in a manner where even if an individual is unsure of what to do or how to report, the GBV Coordinator or the officers on the team may be contacted for guidance on how to handle a situation in a way that is in the best interest of the child.
The direct line of the GBV Desk is: 031 913 1394
If you don't know what to do you can also call Childline KZN on 116 for advice.

If you suspect that a child may be a victim of human trafficking call the South African National Human Trafficking Hotline on 0800 222 777.

Together we can protect, defend, and safeguard our children.