2011 Report - Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children

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without the dedicated support of the Board of Management. Many thanks to the chairperson, executive members and board members for their on-going work in growing the Centre and assisting my colleagues and me at all times! Thanks to the partner organisations and all of the volunteers – the valuable contribution to the Centre is highly appreciated. Special thanks to Melissa Smith, Duncan Albertyn, Gillian Lumb of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr and Wileman Information Technology. Finally, special thanks to our funders and donors who make our work possible. They include the National Lotteries Trust Board, Department of Social Development (Western Cape), Department of Transport and Property Management (Western Cape), Nussbaum Foundation, Industry Bags, The Body Shop Team, Bergen Clinic, St.Andrew’s Church (Newlands), Shout for a Safer South Africa, Gift of the Givers, Truworths, Cape Winelands Municipality, Trinity Nightclub, Soroptimists, Marina Rehbein and Palace of the Winds, Risk Benefit Solutions, Grand West, TNS Surveys and Sun International and Marisa Bracher. The photos in this report were taken by photographer Warren 10 2011 Annual Review Nelson, Clare Louise Thomas and SBC staff members. Names in the case studies that appear in this report have been changed to protect the identities of the women. EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME - Ilse Ahrends Counselling, legal advice and assistance, and community outreach (education and awareness-raising about gender- based violence) have long been essential services provided by the Saartjie Baartman Centre. These are all services which seek to strengthen women in terms of their confidence, self esteem and rights, whether as individuals or in their communities. It was therefore decided to bring them under one managerial umbrella – the Empowerment Programme. Since April 2011 we have been working very closely with the Residential Programme managed by Hermien Gibson. The women living in the residential programme are no longer counselled separately by a residential social worker/ counsellor, but become clients of the general counselling programme. They are seen either by our counsellor, Fatima Ismail, or our social worker, Dorothea Gertse. Fatima and Dorothea are assisted by psychology and social work interns from local and international universities. During the period April-July 2011, 44 residents benefited through empowerment counselling and 53 residents attended
weekly support groups, which provided a platform to share their experiences of abuse with other women. The psychology and social work interns assess the women who come to SBC for help, see on-going clients, and co-facilitate support groups and psycho-educational workshops for residents and women from the surrounding communities. The Centre greatly appreciates the services the interns provide. Fatima and Dorothea will continue with the successful education and awareness-raising workshops held with learners and teachers in surrounding schools. They also supervise the psychology and social work interns, and share the responsibility for further outreach (talks, presentations and workshops) with other SBC staff members. During the past year, the Centre provided services to 1 437 new and 942 repeat clients, totalling 2 379 (See Figure 1 below for monthly client intakes). One hundred and sixty- eight of these received at least 8-10 sessions of ongoing counselling for domestic violence and mental health issues. Since February 2011, the project has also been providing counselling for residents and support group meetings for residents and Centre clients. figure 1. Centre clients aug 2010-July 2011 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Sept 2010 Oct 2010 Nov 2010 Dec 2010 Jan 2011 Centre Clients Feb 2011 Mar 2011 Apr 2011 May 2011 Jun 2011 Jul 2011 Aug 2011 The project ran ten GBV awareness-raising workshops with 110 grade 5 and 6 learners from Cedar Primary School in Bonteheuwel, which helped to equip them with life skills and personal development. One hundred and sixty learners participated in our Air Your Dirty Laundry Campaign on 10 December 2010, which involved painting messages advocating an end to violence, on T-shirts. The project ran GBV awareness-raising talks, training and workshops with a total of 1 255 people, including nursing students (See Figure 2). Figure 2. GBV education to civil society organisations and businesses 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 GBV education to civil society and business Number of people who benetted 725 Talks Basic counselling training We were lucky to have assistance from eleven students and two volunteers from local and international universities, who fulfilled either a Psychology or Social Work internship in the programme. We would like to say a big ‘Thank You’ to Preshema Seupawl, Silindile Motaung, Zeenat Osman, Fazeelah Osman, Estelle Badenhorst, Taryn McKellar, Tristan Wever, Stella Mokitimi, Erine Bröcker, and Aleksandra Djordjevic (Germany), Maria Nyström, Marie Palm and Jonna Back (all from Sweden) for your hard work and dedication. New interns currently with us are Jill Ryan, Gadijah Khan and 428 Agnes Jones; also Valeria Markova from Norway. 272 Workshops 2011 Annual Review 11
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