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Women
address
Krugersdorp, South Africa
We help women and children by providing free safety and self defense training..
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More about i-LEAD Self Defense
We teach safety awareness and self defense as a life skill empowerment program to women and children in Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal. The organization has been operating since 2012, with a goal to make women and children feel safer and more confident through Self Defense. The life skills training is offered free of charge to participants: • Residing in the poorest communities. • Staying at Shelters/Places of Safety for survivors of human trafficking, gender based violence and domestic abuse. • Colleges, Universities and Schools. • Community Centres and Churches. • Local Shopping Malls, Sports Centres etc. Our activities and discussions help women and children identify risks, evaluate their strengths, and explore their options for dealing with a violent threat. We provide fun and energetic training programs designed to educate and promote awareness regardless of the participants level of fitness or self defense knowledge. Our Life Skills empowerment programs include: • Safety Awareness • Scenario Based Physical Self Defense Techniques • Weapons Defense • Survival First Aid • Breathe Through Trauma Series - Yoga • Train-the-Trainer programs, where we empower rural community members so that they are able to continue empowering women and children within their areas. Over the years we have realized that in order to truly empower our participants to reach safety, we need to assist with ‘Empowerment through Education’ and ‘Empowerment through Financial Freedom.’ We have facilitated fully sponsored SETA accredited education to survivors of human trafficking that participate in our program. We also assist with building job skills and facilitating job placements and internships.
Our staff (4)
Terrence Teraine
Trainer: Weapons Defense and Hand-To-Hand Combat
Risha Patak Harie
Founder & Executive Director | Trainer
