Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops… at all. ~Emily Dickinson
When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.” Author Unknown
Thank you Nelson Mandela, for your example of love and care for those who suffer from abuse and poverty. You were and will remain a mentor to us.
You are worth more than your darkness!!!
Our goal is to maintain the established preventative and healing service and to expand it to other geographical areas.
GHPS is registered with the Department of Social Development as a non-profit organisation
A registered non-profit organisation offering a free psychological service to poorly resourced communities in the Western Cape, South Africa
You’ve gotta have hope. Without hope life is meaningless. Without hope life is meaning less and less. Author Unknown
“Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” Christopher Reeve
“Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.” Vincent McNabb
“Listen to the music of life through the inevitable static.” – Elzabé Broekmann

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Life after rape
Die afgelope 28 jaar van my lewe was nie maanskyn en rose nie. Om die waarheid te sê, ek het ‘n pynvolle leeftyd agter die rug. Die nagmerrie het begin toe ek ses jaar oud was. Ek is verkrag. Dit was bitter moeilik, maar ek moes dit vat soos dit kom. Daarna wou ek nie meer met seuns speel nie, want ek was bang vir seuns en mans. Tog met die bystand van my ouers en onderwysers kon ek my skoolloopbaan suksesvol voltooi. Ten spyte van die trauma van vroeër was ek lus vir die lewe en het ek aan byna al die aktiwiteite by die skool deelgeneem. Dit was ‘n groot dag toe ek in 1997 gematrikuleer het. In 2000 is ek egter weer verkrag. Dié keer deur ‘n groep mans wat hulle as speurders voorgedoen het en wat my ‘n paar dae lank dopgehou het. Skielik het dit gevoel asof my lewe niks werd meer was nie. Ek het gedink aan selfmoord, maar het gewonder wat met my klein seuntjie sou ... Read the full story
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