Donations bring relief to struggling GBV-affected families
The families from the Nkanda informal settlement were selected by social workers. Most of them are mothers and children who have to survive without breadwinners.
A total of 35 families benefited from the GBV awareness campaign held at Inkandla informal settlement in Mamelodi West on Tuesday.
The campaign was organised by Tshwane Child Welfare, partnering with the police, CPF, GBV task force, Ditlalemoso organisation, and the Nkanda informal settlement community.
Gloria Mangena from Tshwane Child Welfare said the victims are mostly children and mothers left without financial support from breadwinners.
Social workers identified the families in need of assistance.
Manbgena said GBV remains a critical issue within the community, affecting both adults and children.
“We held the awareness campaign under the theme of empowering families and protecting children.”
She said the event was aimed at addressing GBV through key stakeholders such as the SAPS, CPF, Moses Mobhida Foundation, local GBV task force and community, as well as Ditlalemoso soup kitchen.
“The identified families received food parcels and pre-owned clothes, and were called to Child Welfare offices in Mamelodi to collect,” said Mangena.
Bennit Maponya from the Ditlalemoso organisation said, “Our organisation has become a beacon of hope for people on chronic medication by making sure they don’t take their medication on empty stomachs by providing them [with] soup and bread in the morning.”
Maponya said there is a lot that needs to be done at Nkandla informal settlement.
He said the organisation helps a lot of people at the local clinics, and on Tuesdays there is a mobile clinic that comes to Nkandla to help with health issues.
“We decided to come on board and provide soup and bread for people standing in queues at the mobile clinic,” he said.
Mamelodi police supported the campaign, handing out informative pamphlets about GBV, and informing the community on how they assist the victims.
The community of Nkandla informal settlement was reminded to make every day a “no violence against women and children day” and were urged to report any form of violence against women and children.
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