Let’s start a chain reaction on International Women’s Day

Rape survivors need a particular kind of support after someone has raped them. They are traumatised, they need medical attention and they want to know they won’t be harmed again. To help Rape Crisis deliver a service that offers counselling, support and advice at exactly the moment when survivors need it most we need you to act.

You can act now to make sure this service continues. You can get others to join you. I did. All it takes is one small act to start a chain reaction. I started donating R100 a month to Rape Crisis and I asked a friend to do the same. Then I asked her whether she thought she could get just one other person to do the same and she said, “Of course!”

I’m asking you to do the same. If one thousand people donate R100 a month we can keep this service going and continue to give rape survivors access to exactly what they need no matter where they are on the road to recovery and justice. If you donate and get just one more person to donate and they pass it on and on then I believe we can reach that target.

Thursday 8 March is International Women’s Day and this year the United Nations’ hashtag for the campaign is #TheTimeIsNow. It could not be more apt.
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