The Project People held a certificate ceremony at the Grahamstown Public Library on Friday 21 August. The training was funded by the Multi Agency Grants Initiative.
The Project People have been conducting four day workshops over the last three months, working in the field of gender-based violence in the Eastern Cape.
The Project People held a certificate ceremony at the Grahamstown Public Library on Friday 21 August. The training was funded by the Multi Agency Grants Initiative.
The Project People have been conducting four day workshops over the last three months, working in the field of gender-based violence in the Eastern Cape.
The project was started to help women in the Eastern Cape who are both directly and indirectly affected by gender-based violence. They were taught how to write funding proposals for their communities. The women who took part in the workshops say that there should be more projects like this one. Linda Brukwe from Cathcart said this experience has taught her how to fundraise properly and that the project has "helped voiceless women speak out for themselves". Nombulelo Ndaka said that there should be more community-based projects that help people to get training on how to write a fundraising proposal.
The main puropse of this campaign is to eliminate cultural perspectives that portray women as being inferior to men. This way of thinking is often taught to children when they are young so they grow up believing men are superior to women. When they have children, the cycle starts all over again.
Often gender-based violence in households is either ignored or not discussed openly with family members. This project helps women do things for themselves. It also helps women come out of their comfort zones and speak about issues close to their hearts. This initiative aims to empower women so that they can empower other women.
The Project People’s Ewald Kruger said: "Projects like this take a long time to suceed because they need proper follow ups." Mary Humphreys, also from the Project People, said: "The prevention of abuse is better than the punishment of abuse". The women involved in this initiative and the The Project People plan to keep in close contact and the women say they are going to take what they have learned with them to their respective homes.
