Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Recovery
Working together with the local church, our prayer is that sexual violence in all its forms is stopped, and women will see themselves through the eyes of Christ
Restoring Dignity
God uses the Church to transform lives, and women lead change in developing communities. Often used as a weapon of war, rape and sexual violence is a common experience in the places we work.
- In South Sudan, an estimated 70% of girls over 12 have been victims of sexual violence
Working with the local church, Tearfund is committed:
- To stopping sexual violence
- To addressing the hidden physical, spiritual, emotional, and social wounds these women face
Over the two years
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Step 1 Church Awareness
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Step 2 Training Facilitators
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Step 3 Continued Mentorship
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Step 4 Formation of Trauma
Healing Groups -
Step 5Community Change
Church and community leaders undergo 5 days of intensive awareness training on their roles and responsibilities in the trauma healing process, SGBV reporting, and other topics.
Trained church leaders and trauma healing facilitators form trauma healing groups in churches. These groups will handle cases of sexual violence in their churches and communities, and provide emotional, physical, social, and spiritual support.
Conservation Agriculture
Farmers learn how to double, triple, or even quadruple their crops to eat and sell.
Village Savings Groups
We help families grow their savings, build new businesses, and lift themselves out poverty.
Emergency Relief
When war and unrest threaten the safety
of families, we rush in.
Creation Care
We work with churches and communities to restore our broken relationship with creation.