Ikhwezi Women Support and Advice Centre
Not verified by owner**Services:** 1. **Support Services** — counselling, para-legal support, court preparation and support, mediation, home-based care, and shelter for abused women and children 2. **Public Education and Awareness** — community dialogues, talks, radio slots, campaigns, school programmes, workshops on rights, HIV/AIDS, GBV 3. **Social Relief Intervention** — soup kitchen (daily warm meals for individuals and families facing hunger) 4. **Advocacy** — protest marches, sit-ins, lobbying local and provincial government, court monitoring, community mobilisation to protect women from all forms of violence 5. **Training** — capacity building workshops; 170 people trained in respective fields **GBV focus areas:** GBV and femicide prevention; HIV/AIDS; women's rights and human rights education; economic empowerment of women; community development; farm workers and rural women; children and youth **is_24hr:** Not confirmed as a 24-hour service — small rural organisation; for crisis: GBV Command Centre 0800 428 428 (toll-free, 24/7)
Contact & Location
- Linda Brukwe - Manager
- 14 Hemming Street, Cathcart, 5310, Eastern Cape
Opening Hours
Opening hours not available. Contact the organisation directly.
About
The organisation provides: counselling, para-legal support, court support, and mediation; shelter for abused women and children (creating safe-space opportunities for clients to share experiences); daily soup kitchen (warm meals for individuals and families facing hunger); community education and awareness through school programmes, radio slots, dialogues, and campaigns; advocacy through marches, government lobbying, and court monitoring; and capacity-building training (170 people trained). Recent figures: 420 psychosocial support services, 840 school programmes, and 680 awareness campaigns delivered. Director Linda Eunice Brukwe has represented the organisation in national media, including a GBVF Respond Fund interview. The organisation is also registered in the UN ECOSOC Civil Society Database. For crisis support in the Cathcart area: GBV Command Centre 0800 428 428 (toll-free, 24/7) / SAPS Cathcart 045 843 1008.