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Rural Education, Awareness & Community Health (REACH)

is a registered Non-Profit and Public Benefit Organisation that addresses sexual harassment and violence against women on rural farms and in communities of the Western Cape, South Africa. read more

Awareness Raising

on sexual harassment and gender based violence, amongst other interlinking factors such as HIV and AIDS, to empower women and men from farming and other rural communities

Counselling & Legal Support

to victims of harassment and abuse while also creating opportunities and platforms for communities to create supportive structures within their own community

Campaigns

providing platforms to raise poignant issues affecting farming communities and allow our farming beneficiaries to have their say

Research

to expose incidences and contributing factors to sexual harassment and gender based violence

Advocacy

to promote changes of restrictive policies affecting sexual harassment and sexual violence

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latest at REACH

Friday, 23 December 2011

Festive Greetings & Christmas Wishes!

It is that time of the year again for a well earned break. It is also a time of reflection. With sincere gratitude we think of those who have helped us along the way and we rejoice the successes that have furthered our cause. We are also however sadly reminded of the challenges we have faced in 2011 that, due to lack of financial sustainability, is prompting potential closure.

As we look ahead to 2012, we sincerely wish, and desperately hope, to see REACH in full fruition again. We will try our very best but also hope that you can play a part—be it through organizing fundraising events for us or donations how ever big or small are gladly welcomed. Together we can achieve this dream for the greater good of the many women out there who are in need of reprieve from gender based violence.

Wishing you all a wonderful festive season. May 2012 bring you all love, peace and joy!

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Claudia & the REACH team

Monday, 21 November 2011

Turning the Tide on Gender Based Violence

REACH is featured in the best practice video by our funder and project partner SAfAIDS based on the project that REACH supported in implementing between 2009 and 2010 called Changing the Rivers Flow. At four minutes into the video, Interim Director of REACH, Claudia Lopes, and one of REACH's community based volunteers, Xola Hlaliso, share how the project made a difference in the community of Mbekweni, Paarl.

Saturday, 01 October 2011

Mbekweni Unite project Videos part 1 & 2

From June to August 2011 REACH held a campaign to inspire community members of Mbekweni township to stand up for the rights of their community. The campaign included 3 events commencing on Youth Day where participants were able to dialogue about the problems most affecting their community and how they could see themselves playing a role (pledging) to fight these. We share here part 1 (interviews with community members) and 2 (part 1 of 2 parts of the a play that facilitated discussion with the audience).