Growing with Impact Foundation
To date Impact has visited over 55 schools, seen 22 000 learners, counselled 256 clients and done 150 motivational talks.
WITH over 30 years of experience in counselling, motivating and facilitating between them, they strongly believe that without knowledge people perish.
Charlene Dearling and Martin Gouws established Impact Foundation in November 2018.
Their aim is to provide the necessary skills and coping mechanisms to build a resilient future community and society members.
The foundation works mainly in counselling, drug rehabilitation and motivational talks at schools.
They are driven by their passion and mission to build resilience through connection with every service they deliver.
“Our aim is to teach skills and resilience for people to cope within their situations, as we cannot simply take them out of difficult life situations,” Martin added.
Martin, a qualified counsellor, counsels in the fields of addiction, marriage, relationships, trauma, anger management and stress. He also counsels children.
He runs an outpatient programme for addicts and counsels patients at the TAG Foundation Rehabilitation Centre in Emmerdale.
Martin has written his own programme called New Generation Habit Replacement.
He believes addiction is a direct result of a person having experienced abuse, trauma or post-traumatic stress in their lives and that the source of the pain should be addressed.
According to Martin, Impact Foundation has, to date, visited over 55 schools, seen 22 000 learners, counselled 256 clients and done 150 motivational talks.
Impact’s aim is to raise funds to buy tree starter packs to help in the recovery process of young people who struggle with addiction. They want to be able to give a starter pack to each person in rehabilitation centres in Johannesburg South.
This is a new concept and part of a recovery process in which they aim to teach young people patience, taking responsibility and caring for something or somebody.
Martin believes this will also build self-esteem and make them feel useful and worthy to take their rightful place in society.
After a six-month recovery period, their aim is to replant the trees throughout the greater Johannesburg South area in suitable locations, thus helping the environment.
Impact Foundation requests the community to invest in this cause.
For more information contact Martin Gouws on 071 973 4389 or Charlene Dearling on 064 190 1897 or visit their websites at www.impactfoundation.co.za
