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LifeLine Vaal Triangle

Tel: 016 428 1740

Fax: 016 428 1741

Monument Road,

Duncaville, Vereeniging

Crisis Line: 016 428 1640

LifeLine International LifeLine International links centres and people in many parts of the world that are providing telephone counselling and related services which is administered by a board whose members are nominated by member countries.  It is also the link to other international organisations like Samaritans, IFOTES and Befrienders.

There are 300 centres in 18 countries with some 50,000 active counsellors.  These countries include Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia and Botswana), Canada, Ghana, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Samoa, Liberia, Fiji, Malaysia, Tonga, China and the USA.
 

About LifeLine Vaal
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Leratong in Sharpeville trainees.

The Founding of LifeLine

A telephone rang in Sydney, Australia on Saturday the 16th March 1963 at 17h01. Someone had dialed in response to an announcement that said, "help is as close as the telephone.  You don't have to be alone.  Someone who cares is available 24 hours a day." The person on call reached for the receiver and said quietly "This is LifeLine, can I help you?" So began a telephone counselling service that has steadily spread and continues to spread around the world.

The idea of helping people by telephone was the inspiration of Rev. Alan Walker, Superintendent of the Central Methodist Mission in Sydney.  After having made several radio and TV appearances, he found himself being called by people facing difficulties and personal crises.  The need was so great that he conceived the idea of inviting the lonely
History