A total of 38 children were reunited with their families during the first week of the City of Cape Town’s child safety project, Identikidz.
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The project encourages children to wear identifying wristbands on busy beaching during the festive season, the Sentinel reports.
According to the City, one of the children was handed over to the provincial Department of Social Development and later reunited with their parents in Lwandle.
So far, Muizenberg beach was the busiest with 3 264 children tagged, followed by Strandfontein with 3 092 and Strand with 2 473.
A total of 19 110 children were tagged last year, resulting in nine reunited.
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Patricia van der Ross, the City’s Mayco member for community services and health, urges parents to register their children on the beaches.
‘This past long weekend was incredibly busy on the City’s beaches, and we are expecting even bigger crowds over the coming weeks. Please find the Identikidz registration desk if you are visiting one of the participating beaches, and get your little ones tagged.
‘It’s safe, brings peace of mind and makes it so much easier to link children with their families should they become separated or wander off.’
These are the participating beaches:
- Big Bay
- Camps Bay
- Fish Hoek
- Gordon’s Bay
- Harmony Park
- Lagoon Beach
- Melkbosstrand
- Milnerton Beach
- Mnandi
- Monwabisi
- Muizenberg
- Sea Point and surrounding area
- Silwerstroom
- Strand
- Strandfontein
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