Non-profit organisation members empowered with support group
After a trauma counselling workshop, Kingsburgh Child and Family Welfare decided to create a support group for carers in the community.
KINGSBURGH Child and Family Welfare (KCFW) recently hosted a grief, loss and trauma debriefing workshop as part of its family strengthening initiative. The workshop has since spurred the introduction of the Care for the Carers support group.
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Sandra Govender, social worker at KCFW, explained that the workshop acknowledged that it is not only the passing of a loved one that leads to feelings of loss, but also other life events, such as relationships ending, loss of a job, retirement, retrenchment, or losing a pet.
The programme focused on fostering healing and support, as well as post-traumatic stress counselling.
The Care for the Carers support group, stemming from the workshop, focuses on providing much-needed support for selfless community members.
“We have so many people working in non-governmental and non-profit organisations. They themselves need trauma counselling in many cases,” said Govender.
For more information contact the KCFW office on 031 916 2274.
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