Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of the Mental Health Action Day. It aims to raise awareness, make information about mental illness accessible and express solidarity with mentally ill people and their families.
In hardly any other country are violent attacks on women as ubiquitous as in South Africa. The corona lockdown has exacerbated the situation. Emotional, psychological, sexual, economic abuse – this is still commonplace in the lives of many women. The psychological consequences are long-term, unseen and untreated.
There is no therapeutic treatment: this value is not only priceless for many, but also unrecognized, as abusive everyday life is normal in many cases.
The Hugo Tempelman Foundation actively supports and strengthens the Ndlovu Care Group’s commitment to creating awareness in this area. With the founding of PowerGirls, even very young women are to be given an understanding of self-worth and personal responsibility.
Our latest project is to work with Nikki Adler to set up a boxing school for young girls in Elandsdoorn. Self-defense and self-confidence are core skills that the boxing world champion wants to teach.
