LifeLine Vaal Triangle
Tel: 016 428 1740
Fax: 016 428 1741
Monument Road,
Duncaville, Vereeniging
Crisis Line: 016 428 1640
Outreach News
Moses and Tsili – Co-ordinators at Khensani in Sharpeville with the birthday “gift” – a collageof all the counsellors
All the Service Centres work with a number of other NGO’s as well as the SAPS in the areas. Together we can do wonderful work in assisting communities with the various problems they encounter. Some counselling is done at schools in these areas, although this has slowed down due to the shortage of counsellors but training is under way again and we hope to be able to get back into the swing again soon.
LifeLine Centre in Duncanville continues to offer counselling on the 24/7 counselling line but are struggling with a severe shortage of volunteer counsellors. We have found that the community are not willing or able to offer their services as they did in the past.
Ten years ago the duty rosters were so full that if a volunteer wanted to do a duty they had to put their names down three months in advance!!! Duties are done in shifts – e.g. 09.00 until 13.00, 13.00 until 17.00, 17.00 until 21.00 and overnight from 21.00 until 08.00.
The Centre in Duncanville has a small staff – working full day – who do duties after hours and also do counselling during the day if there is no counsellor available. The staff are all fully trained counsellors and were all volunteers before being employed