A KwaZulu-Natal pupil is jetting off to a conference in America where she will present her innovative necklace and watch that are fitted with a camera to fight human trafficking and gender-based violence (GBV).
Ncamisile Shabalala, 20, from Tabhane Senior Secondary School in Bergville, will present the idea, which was created by her and fellow pupils at the 67th Commission of the Status of Women that is taking place at United Nations headquarters in New York. The conference started yesterday and will run until March 17.
Shabalala and two fellow pupils came up with a watch that will detect the pulse and location, and a necklace that has a camera. The innovative idea won at the Innovative Technology Expo in December last year. The Innovative expo is an initiative by NkaSpeaking to Sowetan at the weekend before leaving the country, Shabalala said she was both excited and scared.
“The police can use the information in the camera in arresting suspects. I will be given two minutes to share the idea with the world and I am looking forward to that. But I am nervous because I have never boarded a plane before.”
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