South Africa’s historical and cultural contexts have often been the subject of study and conversations on gang violence, drug abuse, broken families, racism, and other forms of oppression. Now, South Africa wants to grow: to engage in hard conversations, to do better, and to use the abundance of the country for economic growth. However, the pains of the past are keeping most of the country tied in cycles of pain. In a world where money needs to be made, bills need to be paid, and oppression is now illegal, the effects of trauma can be overlooked even as they prevent communities and individuals from higher education, healthy family growth, and productive jobs. However, when the effects of trauma are understood, places of work, learning, and worship can become environments where the whole person is engaged.
Courageous Care sojourns with organisations, churches, schools, and families to:
- Teach the effects of trauma and healing
- Coach to implement values that promote justice, health, growth, and creativity
- Intervention plans for healing relationships through counselling and social support
- Bringing hope and dignity to hurting people.
In John 10:10, Jesus said, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they would have life, and have it abundantly.” Trauma is a trap that was effectively laid in South Africa that has led to destruction, but the Kingdom of God is an abundant life free from fear and builds communities that grow together.
