{"id":219838,"date":"2019-10-09T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/219838\/community-wellness-and-safety-put-in-the-spotlight\/"},"modified":"2019-10-09T10:43:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T08:43:18","slug":"community-wellness-and-safety-put-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/10\/09\/community-wellness-and-safety-put-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Community wellness and safety put in the spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Community members flocked to Wannenburg Clinic, in Primrose, last Friday for an educational awareness day.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which started with a high-energy aerobics session, aimed to teach the community more about each of the stakeholders who attended.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Community members also had an opportunity to have various health checks done.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/208442\/hospital-staff-encouraged-to-be-healthy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hospital staff encouraged to be healthy<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cRepresentatives from the Department of Health, Department of Social Development, Sassa, the EMPD and various other non-governmental organisations attended the event,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose Police Station, who also attended the event.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cEach representative took the time to explain what their organisation did within the community and how the community could reach them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EMPD and SAPS spoke to the community about crime within the area and how these crimes can be reported and prevented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA number of safety tip pamphlets were handed out to community members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Primrose SAPS Crime Prevention Youth Desk entertained attendees with plays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe day went well,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219840\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-219840\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/10\/40GCNGENERALAWAR_20297-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/10\/40GCNGENERALAWAR_20297-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/10\/40GCNGENERALAWAR_20297-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/10\/40GCNGENERALAWAR_20297-768x576.jpg 768w, 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