Prevention

DIALOGUES

The prevention department is the department that works in communities ensuring that everyone is protected from GBV & TPP. They do this by conducting dialogues in communities in the Shiselweni region. These dialogues include, but are not limited to churches, chiefdoms, schools, and stakeholders. They conduct dialogues on GBV, CPWA, GBV prevention, and TP prevention. These dialogues are conducted to educate and empower the youth, parents, community leaders, and church leaders in all the topics aforementioned.

FAMILY CONFERENCING

Is a way of responding to GBV cases. The intervention is known in the siSwati custom/ tradition as kungena kaGogo. This is when families who have an issue/ problem meet as a family and discuss that issue and come up with a solution to fix it. The FC then adds the professional’s aspect, where professionals, e.g. NATICC, Police, DSW etc, join the family in their discussion to offer information regarding the reported problem. The FC has steps that need to be followed but at times the steps are not followed in order but you choose which steps work for that particular family. This form of problem-solving intervention has helped families bring back the dignity of families and build back relationships that have been broken after the fallout.