Fighting poverty and gender-based violence in a South African town | Witness Documentary

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Fighting poverty and gender-based violence in a South African town | Witness Documentary


In Bredasdorp, South Africa, a series of rapes and murders has shaken the small town of 15,000 people. The Black and mixed-race community in the divided town suffers from endemic poverty, family breakdown and drug addiction.

Lana O’Neill, a community worker, has taken it upon herself to provide a safe house for vulnerable teenage girls she…

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  1. Agree. All these Children needs is Love , Affection, Patience in plenty, 33:00 Care and a listening ear✔️
    Kindness and Empathy can do wonders in the process of healing and mending a broken Soul.
    Childhood trauma is the major cause of Mental health issues, resulting in addiction to ilicit drugs & alcohol abuse as a form of escape from reality..

  2. Gender based violence is a terrible scurge in our communities. So is the segregation created by apartheid and people continuing their legacy.

  3. The country is going into the ground, I feel like a traitor for leaving SA however my family’s safety always comes first, in my lifetime may I see a safe, stable and corruption free South Africa🇿🇦❤️🇿🇦

  4. Justice for the Coloured Child and the Coloured Women. This incompetent ANC govt tends to conveniently forget the Indigienous people's of South Africa and leave them to live in the worst conditions. A big up to Aunty Lana and her helpers.

  5. … that was messed up the lady left abandoning them and she never got the money needed… kinda the native healers are treated…. sadly it's like this almost everywhere in the world on some level, that lack of equality, both were born equally and it takes 2 to create a new life .. that's the problem, the lack of respect comes from men .. not honoring where they came from ,being brainwashed into thinking women is put him to be ruled over…is just not true as i said it takes 2 to create worlds and fill them with life ,she can't do it alone, neither can he making them equal partners

  6. I wish they included a way to donate in the documentary. So heartbreaking to watch. May God always be with all those brave women who are devoting their lives to help the vulnerable populations🙏🏿