DISTRICT CONSULTATIONS REPORTS CHAPTER 2: ? Teachers should be paid and textbooks should be supplied by the government and other nongovernmental organisations. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT Challenges ? Teachers are beating children at school. This embarrasses them and affects their performance. Recommendations ? Corporal punishment should be abolished. CHILD ABUSE Challenges ? Children are being abused sexually by parents and strangers. This is happening as they will be travelling the long distances to and from school. Recommendations ? Sexual offenders should be castrated. ? People who abuse children should never be released after being arrested. ? Parents should protect their children. CHILD LABOUR Challenges ? The work children were doing at home was too much that they felt as donkeys even though they appreciated that they have a responsibility to help their parents. Recommendations ? Children should not work as donkeys. PROTECTION BY THE LAW Challenges ? Children are abused physically and sexually at home and at school. Some children are infected with HIV and their lifespan shortened. Recommendations ? The law itself should protect children adequately from abusers. ·“it is our right to be protected by the law.” SHELTER Challenges ? Children are exposed to abuse due to accommodation problems. Women, men and children share one room. This affects children`s welfare. Recommendations ? Children should have good and safe shelter. CHILD PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSTITUTION MAKING PROCESS Children's consultations CONSOLIDATED REPORT 27