When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.” Author Unknown
“Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” Christopher Reeve
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
GHPS is registered with the Department of Social Development as a non-profit organisation
When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.” Author Unknown
A registered non-profit organisation offering a free psychological service to poorly resourced communities in the Western Cape, South Africa
“Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.” Vincent McNabb
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.
Our goal is to maintain the established preventative and healing service and to expand it to other geographical areas.
You’ve gotta have hope. Without hope life is meaningless. Without hope life is meaning less and less. Author Unknown
“Listen to the music of life through the inevitable static.” – Elzabé Broekmann

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Alcohol abuse. Domestic violence
My naam is Louise* en ek is veertig jaar oud. Ek het drie kinders en woon in Cloetesville, Stellenbosch. Ek was vir 20 jaar lank 'n alkoholis. In hierdie tyd het ek baie dinge gedoen waaroor ek vandag spyt is. Ek was nie 'n ma vir my kinders nie. Ek was lank betrokke by 'n verhouding wat my fisies en emosioneel afgetakel het. Toe ek dronk was, is ek dikwels seksueel misbruik en die slegte herinnneringe hieraan spook vandag nog by my. In September het ek in die noodeenheid van die Stellenbosch Hospitaal beland. Ek het 'n ernstige stresaanval of senuwee-ineenstorting gehad. My lewe was buite beheer. My huislike omstandighede was so sleg dat ek nie kon teruggaan huistoe nie. Ek was vir die twee weke wat ek by die hospitaal was in 'n donker gat en wou nie meer leef nie. In hierdie tyd het ek baie gelê en dink aan my kinders en gewonder wie na hulle sou omsien. My swaer h ... Read the full story
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