Children's Advocate Diahann Gordon-Harrison was shocked when, during an appeal for adults to be vigilant about child abuse, a 10-year-old girl stood up and said "Miss, I have been raped by a man called ..."
Gordon-Harrison who was addressing a large gathering at a special children's programme at the Riverton Meadows Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Corporate Area, immediately called for the girl's case to be investigated.
The Children's Advocate noted that it was not too late for the case to be prosecuted, and stressed that the child had to get counselling. The girl's disclosure drew sympathetic comments from the large gathering.
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Some persons remarked that they were happy that the girl, who was one of the children invited to the programme by the children's ministry department of the church, had found an avenue to get help. read more
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