Women empowered
After the Daring to Dream launch in August 2013 in Tembisa, Women Empowerment was identified as one of the key focus areas to be addressed in the area.
This created a platform for the training of Community Safety Volunteers, based at SAPS Victim Centres and Khulisa staff members, who are supported by experts in the criminal justice sector.
The training forms part of the SHINE Women Empowerment Programme, which took place during November and December 2013.
All the women involved in the SHINE training completed the peer educator’s training, called the One Less Victim Movement. Through the One less Victim Prevention Programme, more than 500 women and teen girls have been directly reached since January 2014. More than 5 000 women were reached indirectly.
The impact of this initiative was celebrated during a Khulisa/Community Safety/SAPS SHINE graduation ceremony in Tembisa recently.
The evidence of the impact of this programme in reducing victimisation through women empowerment, will be replicated throughout South Africa over the next three years.
The Daring to Dream movement was launched in Tembisa in 2013.
In 2014, the movement launched its Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme, to create hope and a brighter future for young children living in some of the poorest and hardest to reach communities in South Africa.
The ECD programme consists of two new workshops; Grab your Dream and Rock ‘n Rhyme. The programmes will provide a foundation and tools to help individuals escape the prospect of a life of poverty.
