Mothers' Union - Annual Review 2015

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FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIP SUPPORT Mothers’ Union was founded in 1876 precisely because Mary Sumner saw just how unsupported even the most diligent of mothers could feel when faced with the sole responsibility for bringing up children. Parenting isn’t easy. Today Mothers’ Union continues to equip and support all parents in their role. There are many local initiatives that provide support and information for parents being carried out across 83 countries. But our flagship parenting work is achieved through the training of members to become facilitators of parenting groups. These groups, which typically meet regularly for 8 – 12 weeks, provide parents with a safe space to discover how to build secure and loving relationships, how to build a child’s self esteem, issues such as setting boundaries and dealing with challenging behaviour, dealing with bullying, adolescence and the influence of the media and difficult topics such as sex and suicide. In some countries where families have no social services or other support systems in place Mothers’ Union is the lead voice on practical support for families. Since 2000 thousands of parents have benefited from these groups, which now run in 28 countries around the world. SUPPORT 83 CARRIED OUT TO COUNTRIES
“My name is Ruth... ...I have lived my whole life in the I took out my frustration on our children, Hinterland community in the heart of so I used to beat them badly and I also left Guyana, South America and it was here them alone many times. I just wanted to that I came across Mothers’ Union’s run away – run away from my husband parenting groups. and children and never come back. The group was run just for me by Gloria I even thought about suicide. But in the Duart who trained as a facilitator with end my wedding vows had a strong hold Mothers’ Union. She met me because I on me, so I stayed. And Gloria, who had was in a bad place in my family life: my paralegal training, was assigned to our husband used to spend weeks working family to help us get our family life back. away from home on our farm. Whenever he came home he used to abuse me Gloria told me about a parenting group she – beating me, calling me names and had set up, and invited me to be part of we argued. the group. But when I came I discovered I was the only person there! Gloria was really helpful. She knew I was illiterate so she used lots of visual aids and role play to ensure I understood how to take care of myself, how to have a better relationship with my husband and most of all how to show my children how much I loved them, and to give them the attention they needed. This programme literally changed my life. My husband is so much more attentive and we have really a much better marriage. He treats the children better, and so do I – and they are so much happier as a result. When Gloria runs the next course we are going to go together as a couple. ” “This programme literally changed my life.” Ruth* * Name changed Mother’s Union Annual Review 2015/16 9
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Page 4 and 5: OUR ACTIVITIES We work in a myriad
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