The world as we know it has changed, many lives have been lost, others affected by the effects of Covid and others at a stand still.
The prolonged effects of lockdown on psychosocial support services resulted in the outbursts of uncertainties, acute panic, fear, depression, obsessive behaviours, social unrests, stigmatization, anxiety, increased gender-based violence cases and discrimination in the distribution of relief food .
The deaths are attributed to limited access to medical care facilities, shelters and other necessary facilities for safety. This burdens the government and the communities as the number of children requiring social support increases. The death of the breadwinner of the family caused hardships, hunger and pain especially in the vulnerable families that are living below the poverty line.
Gender-based violence cases continue to increase rapidly amid COVID-19. Measures to deal with rampant cases of GBV together with mental health and substance abuse must be enforced. Programmes to assist victims must be accessible, remain open and treated as part of essential services, these include shelters, helplines, and place of safety and counselling services and be afforded necessary financial, provision of rehabilitation and psychosocial support services during COVID-19.
Hope,Faith and Grace Community Project sees the urgency in having an accessible Safe Haven Center for such cases. This will assist a lot of youth with shelter during their time of distress and also help them develop their skills while at it.
Who would've thought that our youth would be doing a stock take at Petersfield Apteek by Springs Gate Mall. They know how to do manual, excel stock takes and now they got to experience how to do stock take using barcoded scanners, learning how technology can make things easier.
Thank you to everyone for making our golf day such a success, the funds raised will help us with a few months rent, we still on a mission to raise funds for transportation to get our youth to jobs, outreaches and events. Every day is one day closer to our goal.
The Golf day preparation's are coming together very nicely. We have great entertainment, prizes and a huge surprise for all our superhero's on the day. You don't want to miss out. We have a raffle for a Taylormade M4 Driver for R5o per entry. You do not want to miss out!
