Two hundred young girls, between the ages of 11 and 18 years, will benefit over the next month from self-defence training under a programme organised by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday launched the Girls-Only Self Defence Programme at State House, where he explained to participants that the objective was to impart them with “lifelong” skills.
“…We want to impart lifelong discipline and we want to impart something that is beneficial, something that will help them in the future. Something that will improve their own self confidence. Today we are living in a changing world. A world in which we must teach some elementary skills very early to children,” he said.
