29/07/2026
🕊️❤️🩹 THE GLOW TIMES | How many of our children are silently struggling, and how many of us don’t know?
16-year-old learner found dead in Ilingelethu, Malmesbury.
The community of Ilingelethu is mourning the heartbreaking loss of a 16-year-old learner whose death is being treated as a suspected su***de. The young boy was reportedly a learner at Ilingelethu High School, and his passing has left his family, friends, classmates, teachers, and the wider community grieving.
Our deepest condolences go to everyone who knew and loved him. 🕊️
But as we mourn, we also have to ask ourselves a difficult question:
How many of our children are silently struggling, and how many of us don’t know?
Behind the school uniforms, the homework, the laughter in the corridors and the smiles on social media are young people navigating pressures that many adults may never see. Identity struggles. Bullying. Loneliness. Family challenges. Grief. Abuse. Peer pressure. Mental and emotional battles. The overwhelming pressure to fit in and figure out who they are in a world that can sometimes feel incredibly loud.
Sometimes, a child doesn’t need someone to “fix” them.
Sometimes, they need someone to notice them.
Someone to ask, “Are you really okay?”
Someone to teach them that their feelings are valid, that their voice matters, that asking for help is not weakness, and that their life has value.
This is exactly why The Glow Society by Lynn believes in investing in our young people.
Our vision for The Glow Foundation Programme for Identity, Self-Worth & Emotional Development is rooted in the belief that emotional support and self-worth education should not be something children only receive when there is already a crisis.
We need to reach them before the crisis.
We want to see structured, meaningful workshops brought into schools. We want to equip young people with tools to understand themselves, navigate their emotions, build confidence, recognise unhealthy relationships, understand their worth, and know where and how to seek help when they are struggling.
Through our Glow Ambassadors, our vision is to take these conversations directly into schools and create safe spaces where young people can be heard, supported and reminded:
You matter.
Your story matters.
Your feelings matter.
Your life matters.
We cannot bring back the young life that was lost in Ilingelethu. But we can allow this tragedy to remind us that prevention, early intervention and accessible support matter.
Our schools are not only places where children learn mathematics, science and languages. They are places where our next generation spends a significant part of their lives. Emotional well-being, identity and self-worth deserve a place in that environment too.
We believe our children deserve more than being taught how to pass exams.
They deserve to be taught how to navigate life.
The Glow Society by Lynn is committed to doing our part to help create a generation of young people who know their worth, understand their emotions, have the courage to ask for help, and know that they do not have to suffer in silence.
Because our children are our future.
And we cannot wait until we lose another young life to start asking what we could have done differently.
Let’s reach them.
Let’s listen to them.
Let’s see them.
Let’s support them.
Let’s protect them.
This is why The Glow Society exists.
This is why we are fighting for our next generation.
This is why we are bringing The Glow Foundation Programme into our schools & launching an online petition soon to get this programme integrated into the school system-and would love to have you sign & support it.
🩷 Our children deserve to know that there is always a reason to keep going.
If you or a young person you know is struggling emotionally or feeling unsafe, please reach out to a trusted adult, mental health professional, or local emergency support service. You do not have to carry it alone.
More details on petition here: The Glow Society by Lynn
