The Trustbuilding Program in South Africa

The team has been conducting Creators of Peace (CoP) workshops that focus on inner healing in an informal settlement in Pretoria, where they have demonstrated the power of holding a safe space for people to find their own inner healing. These workshops are part of the preparatory phase of the trustbuilding work that will be built around family dialogues. Several workshop participants said that they want to bring family members to these trustbuilding dialogues, which will begin in the last quarter of 2021.

‘Before, I was unable to sit down and be united with my family and used to think that inner healing and peace depend on how I feel. Now I am on a journey to self-discovery and feel I am ready to unite with my uncle and niece, more so, I now understand that inner healing and inner peace come from within, not from what I would be feeling or going through.’

- Female participant Creators of Peace inner healing workshops

The team has secured partnerships, key contacts and connections with social workers who are helping design family dialogues in a trauma-aware way.  A lead facilitator who runs inner healing workshops in Cape Town received training over the past few months and has put together a team to run the workshops in Cape Town.

South Africa is currently under a national lockdown due to COVID-19, which has pushed back the trustbuilding project timeline. Despite these challenges, the team is working hard towards their aim of creating clusters of united and cohesive families.

Interested to learn more about the trustbuilding work of the South African team and how they are rebuilding trust and broken structures in society? Sign up for the Trustbuilding Program newsletter to stay informed and contribute to their success!

You can support the Trustbuilding Program with a donation via PayPal in a currency that suits you best:

USD, GBP, EURO or CHF.

We are incredibly grateful for your support. Every gift, no matter the size, makes a difference.