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Keeping your boys safe

The Tama Ora Programme is collaboration between Anglican Trust for Women & Children, Kedgley Intermediate and Pacifica Proud in partnership with Netsafe, the Community Police, Parenting Place and Madd Messenger. The programme has been developed to support and enhance boys’ safety online, entrepreneurialism, their personal safety, and cultural wellbeing as young Pacifica men.

15 boys took part in the second programme that ran through Term 4. The programme covered the areas of online safety, keeping safe at home and out in the community, and wellbeing. The families of the students’ were involved in parts of the training to enhance community and family awareness of these areas.

Keeping safe online was delivered by Netsafe and included topics such as identity protection and how material that is viewed online can impact reactions and safety. The Parents’ workshop was directed towards increasing understanding and awareness to support and protect young people’s online engagement. Classes about entrepreneurialism and choosing your friends wisely were delivered by Parenting Place’s Nick Tuitasi. Keeping ourselves safe workshops were delivered by Counties Manukau Police and the boys learnt how to take care of themselves in a range of social settings. They talked through what dangers are, who can get hurt and what they can do to keep themselves safe.
Wellbeing was presented in an interactive workshop by Madd Messenger, it explored the importance of understanding, embracing and expressing one’s cultural values, freely and confidently as a way to embrace one’s identity. The workshop’s intention was to develop confidence with Pacifica identity and communication.

The programme came to a close with a dinner for the parents at ATWC with Nick Tuitasi. He talked about Learning to Laugh and Love, helping parents to develop an awareness of the Love Languages (how to show children parents care in a way the child can understand). It was a great chance to bring those invested in the programme together to celebrate, acknowledge, reflect on and recognise the students for their work as well as a space to share past stories and develop good parenting strategies.