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Oct 30, 2016 News
The Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) hosted a street fair to increase awareness on the subject of bullying and its resulting effects, on Main Street, on Friday. This event was in recognition of GRPA’s
National Bullying Prevention Month.
Several other organisations joined the street fair, among them SASOD Guyana, Voluntary Youth Platform, Child Link and the President Youth Award Republic of Guyana MS.
GRPA Youth Volunteer, Kendra Warner, told Kaieteur News that the street fair was aimed at encouraging people to send positive messages to their colleagues. She added that this was also an opportunity to inform persons about bullying, its causes, effects and prevention methods.
Warner explained that bullying is a major issue in Guyana. Many people are fooled into thinking bullying is only a physical thing. Moreover Warner said some people even believe that bullying is a way of life for Caribbean people.
The Youth Volunteer said this is not the case, noting that bullying is a serious issue that could lead to suicide, which Guyana has seen much of in recent times. Warner said many persons in Guyana commit suicide because of bullying; however it is not usually portrayed in the media as such.
This Warner that is something that needs to be looked at and preventative methods developed.
“We can encourage people to be kind to each other. If you have been a bully and you feel you are getting caught up in that position, we can also encourage people to seek counseling.” Warner explained
The volunteer noted that persons need to look out for one another.
Warner said that the GRPA has not done any surveys to ascertain which age groups, ethnicities or even genders are most affect by bullying. However it has been noticed in the many classroom sessions conducted by the organisation, that the problem of bullying is very prevalent in the school system.
It was noted that bullying is also an issue in the workplace. Warner noted that when persons attend counselling sessions at the GRPA they would complain of bosses or colleagues at their workplaces harassing them.
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