{"id":46474,"date":"2024-04-09T11:06:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T09:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/tiarrah-someone-to-be-the-voice-20240408\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:21:54","slug":"tiarrah-someone-to-be-the-voice-20240408","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/tiarrah-someone-to-be-the-voice-20240408\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager elected to serve on Junior City Council is &#8216;voice for children&#8217; in her community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>After a competitive selection process, Steenberg High School learner Tiarrah Watson (16) has been elected to serve on the Junior City Council (JCC) 2024.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>During her tenure, the teenager says she plans to break stereotypes and assist children in her community.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want change in my community and I want to be the voice for the children in my community, especially if they are not expressive enough to speak up,\u201d said Watson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The JCC programme, open to Grade 10 and 11 learners, aims to equip learners with the skills to become ambassadors for their city as well as leaders in their communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her motivation essay, when questioned why she wanted to be on the JCC, Watson said she wanted to encourage young people to believe in themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a certain perception that people in Steenberg won\u2019t make it far in life or that you need to be extremely smart,\u201d she pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI believe that we can all help ourselves if we are willing to and there are many opportunities presented at school and home, it just takes a child to reach for that opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grade 10 learner says having a support 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there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTheir future does not end in Steenberg or Cape Town, they can achieve bigger things in life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her message to the youth is to \u201cfollow your heart\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can do anything you put your heart to and I believe, as long as your mind and heart are in the right place, you can achieve anything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another project she is working on during her JCC tenure is to assist teenagers who feel they have no one to turn to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe project is for kids in my school who feel lost and have nowhere to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know that many families in Steenberg limit their kids, they think children are defined by the drugs their parents use or their brother who is a gangster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the experience of meeting other young people on the JCC, the teenager says being selected is good exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am building public speaking and leadership skills as well 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