# Over the past few months, over one-thousand-100 young people from across South Africa participated in the Hear Me Out and Keready to Ringa creative competitions. This was part of the national Hold My Hand campaign in support of the National Strategy to Accelerate Action for Children. Through letters, poems, videos, songs, and drawings, the participants expressed their thoughts on topics including love, mental health, respect, digital life and safety. Hold My Hand’s Lebo Motshegoa says the competitions gave the young people permission to speak freely.
National competitions amplify the voices of South Africa’s youth