Gender-based violence remains a silent killer
From August 2021 to August 2022, the Newcastle Crisis Centre welcomed 114 victims of crime, domestic violence, trauma and abuse.
The Newcastle Crisis Centre hosted its annual general meeting (AGM) on Tuesday last week.
Chairperson Morris Gajoo welcomed the guests to the event before reading his report. Mary Dobbie then read the director’s report before Margaret Anderson read out the financial report for the year.
Jabulile Makhoba did the social worker’s report.
She explained that from August 2021 to August 2022, the Newcastle Crisis Centre welcomed 114 victims of crime, domestic violence, trauma and abuse.
This number included mothers with children in need of shelter; women who had been victims of domestic violence, rape or other forms of abuse; and men who had been victims of gender-based violence or simply wanted to use our counselling services.
It also included children who had been abused or neglected.
40 of those clients were walk-ins, while the remainder were referrals from various stakeholders and departments that collaborate with the Newcastle Crisis Centre.
The clients’ needs were assessed and appropriate interventions were implemented to ensure that those clients’ livelihoods were restored, including individual counselling, family counselling and couples counseling.”
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