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Ending Violence Against Women: A Story of Hope and Change
Once Upon a Time...
…there was a girl called Sarah. She was a vibrant, creative, and confident girl, with big dreams. Sarah's laughter could light up a room, and she was a ray of sunshine for everyone who knew her.
Until she was assaulted.
6 ways to spread hope and change lives!
Social media has become an integral part of our everyday lives, allowing us to connect with friends, share experiences, and engage with our favourite brands.
Serving church youth in an authentic and life-affirming way
Do you find it challenging to talk about relationships and sex with young people?
You’re not alone.
In fact, half of all churches simply avoid the topic altogether and don’t talk about it with their young people at all.
Sex and the Law
Consent is a key foundation for relationships and sex education (RSE). However, it can be a tricky topic to get right with teenagers, so that they are actually learning what it means to them.
Zimbabwe: Shining Stars
The Shining Star team visit red light districts to speak to women who are engaged in the sex trade about joining the Shining Star programme as Peer Educators.
South Africa: Building New Homes
In April 2022, Kwa-Zulu Natal experienced heavy and destructive rainfall, causing fatal flooding and horrendous damage.
The death toll was around 450 people.
A developing curriculum
Our tiny primary school team (just one full-time and one part-time worker) put in an enormous amount of work in the 2022/23 academic year visiting 6 different schools with multiple lessons reaching 1,591 primary-aged children.
South Africa: Peer Education
The Beaded Anklet project has had to halt its youth entrepreneur programme due to death threats issued by the ’blessers’ who target and exploit local vulnerable girls.
Ukraine: Teens & Joy
It has been wonderful to hear of the difference ACET Ukraine’s Teens and Joy project has had on young people.
Earlybird offer
In the 2022/23 school year, we trained another 107 people, from 15 countries, through our comprehensive, accredited relationships and sex education (RSE) course.
November 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to the November 2023 issue of our Salt and Light newsletter. Click the links below to read individual stories or read the newsletter in its entirety here
International Day of the Girl
This year, the International Day of the Girl occurs just a few months after an unlikely feminist hero appeared on the big screen in a film containing a powerful monologue on what it means to be a woman.