11/09/2026
🎒📚 HAPPY BACK TO SCHOOL! LET’S MAKE SAFETY AND PREVENTION PART OF EVERY SCHOOL DAY 🌱
As schools reopen for a new academic year, Gender Empowerment and Development (GeED) warmly wishes all schools, students, parents, teachers, school administrators and our valued partners a HAPPY BACK TO SCHOOL and a successful, peaceful and productive academic year!** 🎓✨
A new school year is a new opportunity to learn, grow, dream and build a better future. But academic success goes hand in hand with a SAFE, HEALTHY and supportive learning environment.
🛡️ PREVENTION STARTS FROM DAY ONE
Preventing violence, drug abuse, bullying, s*xual and gender-based violence and other harmful behaviours should not wait until a problem occurs.
Starting prevention measures from the very beginning of the school year is a step towards success throughout the year.
Schools, parents, students and communities all have a role to play.
One practical preventive measure schools can consider is SYSTEMATIC and RESPECTFUL CHECKING OF STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL ENTRANCE.c, in accordance with school rules and applicable safeguarding procedures. Such measures can help discourage students from bringing drugs, weapons or other prohibited and harmful items into the school environment.
However, prevention is not only about searching bags or enforcing rules. It is also about education, trust and reminding every student of their VALUE ❤️
🌟 REMIND EVERY STUDENT: “YOU ARE VALUABLE!”
Every girl and every boy deserves to hear:
You matter.
Your future matters.
Your education matters.
Your body deserves respect.
Your dreams are worth protecting.
You have the power to make positive choices.
When students understand their value and are supported by caring adults, they are better equipped to resist peer pressure, reject drugs and violence, seek help when they face danger, and make responsible decisions.
👨👩👧👦 TO PARENTS Keep talking with your children. Listen without immediately judging. Create a safe space where girls and boys can discuss their concerns, friendships, online experiences, relationships, peer pressure and other challenges.
👩🏫 **To teachers and school administrators:** Let prevention, safeguarding and student wellbeing remain part of the daily school culture.
🤝 To GeED partners: Let us continue working together to strengthen safe schools and communities where every child can learn, grow and thrive.
🎒 As we begin this academic year, let prevention begin with us—early, consistently and together.
A safe school is not created by rules alone. It is built through awareness, vigilance, positive values, open communication and collective responsibility.
🌱 GeED wishes all schools and partners a peaceful, safe and successful academic year
Together, let us protect children, prevent violence, prevent drug abuse and empower every student to believe in their worth and their future. 💙