Centre wants to help people overcome addiction

The centre will offer substance and alcohol abusers, as well as victims of abuse, a safe haven where they can heal and change their lives.

Once registered, Mother’s Touch Restoration Centre, the brainchild of Keshika and Theo Williams, will work differently to other centres.

“We will offer the person a place to stay at our residence prior to their placement in a rehabilitation centre,” said Keshika.

The couple recently moved to Primrose and saw that there is a need in the area for a facility such as this.

“We helped addicts when we lived in the South of Johannesburg and it was successful, now we are going to open a properly registered centre,” said Keshika.

“All the paperwork has been done and we are waiting for everything to be finalised.”

At the moment they hold a cell group every Wednesday evening where many of the participants are ex-addicts or active users.

The meetings are held at the couple’s home in Beaconsfield Avenue.

At the group they preach the gospel and have worship and then they will discuss whatever God has put in Keshika’s mind on the day.

“I have seen the suffering of addicts and their families and what they go through and I felt compelled to help,” said Keshika.

Keshika told the GCN that when she left the Hindu faith and discovered Christianity it brought a lot of changes into her life.

“This brought me to understand the right path to walk on and taught me compassion for people who have a sickness with substances.”

Keshika said that her father Jay is her go-to person and she always asks him for advice and how to overcome challenges.

“I also credit my home cell leader, my two pastors and Jesus for the spiritual guidance to help people,” she said.

The main purpose of the centre will be to get as many people as possible off substances, and to help people through recovery and after recovery.

“I don’t understand how the government can waste so much money and not use it to uplift people,” Keshika said.

“We need to stand together as the people of South Africa and we need a country where our children can play freely outside.”

The centre is open to receiving any addicts who need help and who want to be helped.

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“We will give people support while they are in a rehabilitation centre and after they come out of the centre,” Keshika said.

“We want to bring families back together,” said Theo.

Keshika added that it is hard to be accepted in the world and often there is a lot of rejection in a person’s life.

“Most addicts or alcoholics have a core route to their addiction.

“No one wakes up and says today I am going to be an addict,” she said.

“I am pleading with the government to look at what is happening to our future leaders who are falling down due to addiction.”

When the centre opens the couple would be grateful for donations of groceries and clothes to assist the addicts and their families, as well as monetary donations to help place people in rehabilitation facilities.

They are also requesting people in the area to give letters of reference as to why they think this type of centre should be opened in the area.

Treatment is offered free of charge and will take place over either six weeks, three months, six months or nine months.

To find out more about the centre contact Theo on 073 807 9714, Keshika on 062 312 3909 or email to motherstouch@gmail.com.

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