A local NPO Imperfect Moms Foundation (IMF) in Kempton Park east of Gauteng, has founded 16 days activism trauma training program to help victims of gender-based violence.
IMF was founded by Onthatile Modise and Ipeleng Mathiba in 2016 and was joined by other remarkable women who wish to make an impact in their communities and the socio-economic status of the country for women.
Founder Onthatile Modise said that the idea behind the 16 days of activism Trauma Support Training Programme is for victims of GBV to take a stand and educate communities on how to support victims.
“The idea behind this trauma support training program is that not everyone knows how to be sensitive or accepting when it comes to the victims of gender-based violence.”
“My role in the programme is to recruit and educate as many people as possible that are willing to learn and help others when it comes to gender-based violence,” said Modise.
With violence and depression on the rise, Modise said that this program will instill knowledge on how to respond, communicate and deal with gender-based violence.
“Teaching everyone that they are not alone and we can fight this as the youth of South Africa,” she added.
Co-founder Mashego-Manchidi added that this kind of training programmes assists in helping the community to empower women and children to take a stand against violence.
“I for one, from this training program got to know where to get help and share that information with others when they feel discriminated and violated in any way. Through the Imperfect Moms Foundation you get to know how important we should have 16 Days of activism trauma training,” she said.
As part of helping victims of gender-based violence, a group chat called “becomes a vent buddy” was created to give a platform for people to tell their stories and get help.
Imperfect Moms Foundation is in partnership with 1000Women1Voice, an organisation from Cape Town and wishes to collaborate with other organisations.
