HELPLINE CONTACTS
1. POWA – People Opposing Women Abuse
Head Office: Berea, Johannesburg
Postal Address: PO Box 93416, Yeoville 2143 Johannesburg
Telephone: 011 642 4345 / 6
Fax: 011 484 3195
Helpline: 083 765 1235
http://www.powa.co.za
2. WAWA – Women Against Women Abuse
Gender Links Tel: +27 (0)11 622 2877, Fax: +27(0)11 622 4732,
9 Derrick Avenue, Cyrildene,
Johannesburg, 2198, South Africa.
Email: Execassistant@Genderlinks.Org.Za
3. LIFELINE- Physical Address
National counseling line: 0861-322-322 28 Melle Street
10th Floor, North City House
Braamfontein
Johannesburg, 2001
Contact
Tel: (+27 11) 715-2000
Dicon number (switchboard cell): 082-231-0805
Fax: (+27 11) 715-2001
Website: http://www.lifeline.org.za
4. Stop Gender Abuse – Crisis counseling for raped or abused women
*Toll-free helpline: 0800 150 150
5. Speak Out – Rape emergency information, services, advice, links.
*Website: www.speakout.org.za
6. Family and Marriage Association of SA (FAMSA)
National office: (011) 975-7106/7
E-mail:national@famsa.org.za
Website: famsa.org.za
7. SA Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG)
Suicide emergency crisis line: 0800 567 567 or SMS 31393 (8 am – 8 pm, seven days a week)
Helpline: (011) 234-4837 ( 8 am – 8 pm, seven days a week)
Fax: 011 234 8182
24hr Helpline 0800 12 13 14
E-mail: Zane Wilson (founder) for counseling queries (zane@sadag.org)
Website: www.sadac.org
8. Police Child Protection Units
Emergency number: 10111
Crime Stop: 08600 10111
childprotect@saps.org.za
Website: http://saps.org.za
9. Child Welfare South Africa
Report neglect or abuse of a child: 0861 4 CHILD (24453)
National: (011) 452-4110
E-mail:info@childwelfaresa.org.za
Website:childwelfaresa.org.za
10. Jo’burg Child Welfare Society
Head office: (011) 298-8500
Website:jhbchildwelfare.org.za
11. Childline South Africa
24-hour toll-free helpline: 08000 55 555
Website:www.childline.org.za
12. People Living with Cancer (PLWC)
Tel: 021 565 0039 Fax: 086 247 3652
Helpline: 080 00 33 337
E-mail: admin@plwc.org.za
Website: www.plwc.org.za / www.cancerbuddies.org.za
13. EMERGENCY NUMBERS
EMERGENCY CELL NUMBER FROM ANY CELL PHONE, ANYWHERE IN SOUTH AFRICA – 112
Ambulance 10177
Fire brigade 998/999
AIDS helpline 0800 012322
Human trafficking
Report cases of human trafficking – hotline operated by the Salvation Army and Be Heard – 08007 37283 (0 8000-rescue)
14. Narcotics Anonymous
Call: 083 900 69 62 (24hrs)
Website: www.na.org.za
15. Alcoholics Anonymous
0861 4357 22(HELP AA)
16. South African National Council on Alcoholism(SANCA)
011 892 3475
011 892 3139
Sanca – Johannesburg: 08611 73422(REHAB) or (011) 673-0400 or sanca-jhb.org.za
Sanca – Western Cape: (021) 945 4080/1 or www.sancawc.co.za
17. Department of Social Development’s Substance Abuse Line
Offers support, guidance and help for people addicted to drugs and alcohol as well as their families
National toll-free helpline: 0800 12 13 14 or SMS 32312
18. Pregnancy, contraception and abortion
Marie Stopes Clinics
A government-approved health facility with clinics throughout South Africa. Offers safe abortions, family planning services including birth control, pregnancy tests, male and female sterilization, HIV testing and ante-natal services.
Toll-free call center: 0800 11 77 85
E-mail: info@mariestopes.org.za
Website: www.mariestopes.org.za
Emergency Contraception Hotline 24-hour toll-free hotline: 0800 246 432
19. Mental Health Information Line
Tel: 0800 567 567
20. Brothers For Life
TEL: +27 12 366 9300 FAX: +27 12 366 9301
ADDRESS: 257 Brooklyn Road, Block D, Equity Park, Brooklyn, Pretoria, Gauteng,0011
21. Fraud Hotline
Contact details: 0800 601 011
E-mail: gatewaycc@sita.co.za
22. Presidential hotline
Deals with complaints about unresolved service delivery issues.
Tel:17737 (1 PRES)
Fax: 086 681 0987 /012 323 8246
E-mail: president@po.gov.za
Try one more, Try Once again, when He’s Loved [ Confessing twenty-something].
Let me start by saying one thing I know is true: separation sucks. There is no other pain like love. Or maybe you didn’ t even lose it, maybe it was stolen from you without your consent. Or perhaps you gave this love voluntarily, and even so, there is a hole in which that love is used to live. The breakup is hard to do, and the consequences of a violent breakup can leave us in the damaged, tensed and drag-and-drop luggage …
Our online essay writing service for nurses, https://essayservice.com/nursing-essay-writing-service.html , was created special for medical students!We are human beings. We are so deeply and deeply loved. We give ourselves up to another man. We live for them. We’re gonna die for them. We are burning their touch and their approval and approval. We’re ghazy. We’re in a hot relationship. And we all know that sometimes these relationships don’t work. We’ve got some bruising and hardened scars from someone telling us that they don’t like us any more or worse, they do.
Right now, I feel like a hypocritical writing column because I’m in the middle of a new type of relationship, and I’m very happy. (You can hate me accordingly. It’s all right. I don’t blame you.) But that doesn’t mean I’ve never had a broken heart. I have several times. Now, some of my closest friends have been through some pretty brutal breakups, which have drudze some of my past. I am not a superpimp that their pain inspifies me this week, but I am very much swaying that their experience has led me to some pretty big implementations that I hope can help them (and you guys!) through this time …
I’m not a stranger to be abandoned. A few years ago, I was completely destroyed by a former boyfriend. I know how painful it is to come to the cruel realization that the man you thought was right and good was a man who was just about to hurt you at the end. It sucks. This fucking hurts. It’s definitely a reason to shut the world up a bit. I completely understand that, and I was there. After the breakup, I wouldn’t be a mascula. I didn’ t want anything to do with what broke my heart. I was holding every guy who showed interest in me at a certain distance. I sabotaged a couple of relationships before they got too serious, ‘ cause I was so scared. I didn’ t want to hurt you again …
So I don’t understand why people are starting to poop huge brick walls around their hearts and start holding people away from the breakup. You give your soft and tender heart to another man on a silver platter and say, \” Here you are, I trust you this. I believe you’ll take care of it. She’s fragile and worn out and vulnerable. Please don’t hurt him. \” Only then, so that they throw themselves in the blender and sing in front of us without remorse. Why would we even want to go through that again? Why would we ever go there and try again? We can do so many times before we just say, \”Kill it!\” and join the monastery, right?
But I’m here with some news:
You just need to. I’m not saying you should try again tomorrow. I’m not saying you should try another year. I’m not saying you need to rush into new relationships or keep going on random dates to keep your mojo. It’s nothing. All I’m saying is, that’s what you are.
I know it’s hard to understand if you’re being overrun at the moment. Your world is falling, and it’s a challenge to even get out of bed in the morning. You’re adjusting to a new life without your significant other, and it’s a hell of a lot. I get it. You’re washing up. You’re crying. You’re listening to \”I Gave You All\” on Mumford and Sons on rep. Your heart is in pieces. Your life is in a shamley. But hey! I have good news! I’m here to tell you that over time, you heal. Your world will continue. The sun will come out, and you smile again. I’m living proof of this …