Help The Trauma Centre continue to heal people and heal our country
South Africa is a multiply wounded society, and we all feel the effects of these wounds as they manifest in high levels of crime and violence. For the period 2021–2022, the South African Police Service reported 25 191 murders and 52 694 sexual offences. Nationally, 42% of children have experienced some form of violence – including sexual abuse (35%), physical violence (35%), emotional abuse (26%) and neglect (15%). This is not a situation that we want to live in, nor to bring our children up in.
It is well established that dealing with trauma effectively is essential for a healthy society, and that this work can help break cycles of violence.
Since 1993, The Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture Trust has been delivering these essential trauma counselling services to those who cannot afford to pay for them. The organisation aims to raise at least R300 000 in 2023 to honour its 30th anniversary so that it can continue to heal people and thus heal our country.
Alongside trauma counselling, The Trauma Centre also offers trauma support work, trauma bereavement training, violence prevention programmes in high-conflict areas, and national advocacy programmes to ensure justice for victims of torture.
We are pleased to offer you an opportunity to join in the fight against violence and to support our clients with psychosocial counselling. In our 30th year of operations, we are inviting you to donate to the vision of a violence-free society and would appreciate all donations of all amounts.
To celebrate the 30-year anniversary of The Trauma Centre, we are having a prestigious corporate event on 30 November 2023 at the Blaauwberg Beach Hotel. This event will be quite special, with the venue overlooking Robben Island, which alludes to the origins of The Trauma Centre, when counselling services were delivered to victims of torture – including political prisoners from Robben Island.
The evening will have two keynote speakers: Cynthia Slingers, former fund development manager for an international non-governmental organisation; and Claudia Roodt, who is regarded as an expert trauma therapist in Cape Town. Roodt recently made a film about her life of surviving gender-based violence (GBV) and will deliver a fascinating talk on the trauma-informed workplace.
This event is running concurrently with the 16 Days of Activism Campaign in order to raise awareness of GBV and also raise much-needed funds.
We are also holding a Music on the Lawn event at our premises in Woodstock on 28 October with Nur Felix and Band. Nur is a well-beloved Cape Town singer, songwriter and guitarist known for his positive, uplifting, feel-good music.
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Bank: First National Bank
Account Holder: The Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture
Account number: 50170075152
Branch code: 201509
Swift code: FIRNZAJJ
Paypal: paypal.me/traumacentre
For more information, telephone 082 828 7813 and/or visit the website and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter/X to see some of the work we are involved with, in some of the most vulnerable communities in Cape Town and surrounds.
