SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAILS   To subscribe to our emails click here RESOURCES THAT HELP 24 Hours a day - Call Reinette for help if you need it  083 484 9409 Online Help - Write to us confidentially,  no one else will see it and we will write back if you like Legal Help - Need a lawyer, get one for only R60 p.m. - we recommend HER LAW YOU ARE NOT ALONE - Stories from other survivors to help and encourage Support Group - Every Monday night at 19h00 for women over 18 who were sexually abused as children. Call 083 484 9409 for info Information - Who gets raped, where do people get raped, what counts as rape, what are the consequences... Books - Need something to read to help you - these books make sense Photo courtesy of John Curley We cannot save all the broken lives out there but we help the one's we pass and simply say, "We made a difference to that one." Fight against rape and violence against women and children JOIN NOW This group of over 40,000 members worldwide gives a voice to those who want to do something to prevent these cruel acts. Be a hero and stand up for those who can't do it for themselves and be a rock for them to lean on by giving your support. NOTICES We are so sad when people write to us and do not include a reply email or contact number and we are not able to respond and help them. Please will the person in Muizenberg contact us with a telephone number or an email address so that we can reply. KANAAN MINISTRIES We recommend Kanaan Ministries material for spiritual growth, healing and deliverance. Material is available free on www.kanaanministries.org or you can contact them on kanaan@iafrica.com to purchase materials.  Rape Crisis Helderberg is a non-profit organization committed to help survivors of rape and abuse overcome their trauma through caring counselling amongst all the people in the Helderberg basin and surroundings. I NEED HELP... ♥  I need to talk to someone click here ♥  I was raped click here ♥  I was abused as a child click here ♥  I am HIV positive click here ♥  I can't face what happened click here ♥  I want to die click here ♥  I need legal help click here LWANDLE COUNSELLING OFFICE Thanks to our Xhosa counsellor, Ruth Madito, we now offer counselling in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa! She is available to help on alternate days in Sir Lowry's Pass, Nomzamo/ Lwandle and at our crisis centre in Somerset West.   Ruth inside the bungalow at Lwandle police station. CHRIS CHAMELEON Chris Chameleon has kindly made a donatation to Rape Crisis Helderberg. Innovative, prolific and endlessly creative, Chris Chameleon is currently being hailed as a phenomenon on the South African Music front. He has a style all his own and a reputation for mesmerizing audiences with his four octave voice range and irresistible stage personality. In July 2007, Chris Chameleon released his third Afrikaans album ‘Ek Vir Jou’ which achieved gold status in less than two months after its release.  ‘Ek Vir Jou’ tells the story of the development of a romantic relationship: from love at first sight to the eventual unravelling of the romance.   A new English album will be released in May 2008. THANK YOU CHRIS!!! PREVENTION PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE Hi Everyone This is a new stunning product range that Anne at our office has purchased for her daughter.  It enables parents to keep their children more safe in crowds, in malls and if the child does go missing, for others to identify the child. Our childrens safety is something we should NEVER take lightly. In our drive to promote safety for women, hand in hand with this come our children.  Take a look at these products, and if you have any questions,  feel free to contact Ally via her website.  If you do decide to purchase anything, please mention that you learned about it from us!! Thank you for taking the time to read through this information - do it for your children, grandchildren, great grandchildren - in fact ANY children. You may just be saving yourself or someone else alot of heartache and maybe even a life!!!  www.4akid.co.za  The website to take a look at for more information. Kind regards THE RAPE CRISIS HELDERBERG TEAM 2008 SPRING FASHION SHOW The news you have ALL been waiting for................   The Rape Crisis Helderbergs Annual Spring Fashion show fundraiser is on.   Date:  27th September 2008 Time:  08:00 - 13:00 (an hour before the official starting time - 09:00 - for browsing at the stalls) Venue:  Somerset College - Somerset West   This year there are 40 hostess table available, and 20 stall tables, goodie bags, loads of prizes and surprises galore.Hostess tables work as following:  you decide to host a table and invite 9 friends, each who pay R100-00 for the ticket.  You, the hostess, do not pay BUT decorate your table (the whole thing from table cloth, cutlery, cakes, whatever you like)  The hostess money which will be R900-00 MUST be paid in by no later than 27th August 2008 - RAPE CRISIS HELDERBERG, ABSA BANK, CHEQUE ACCOUNT 4054336675 REFERENCE:  YOUR SURNAME EG :  MARAIS   Stall tables pay 10% of total takings for the morning to Rape Crisis Helderberg into the above account with your reference as your stall name EG:  MIGLIO   Should you wish to do both a table and stall payment, simply put your reference as EG:  MARAIS/MIGLIO   Donations for prizes, goodie bags, raffle, etc are most welcome and will get mention on the website and on the advertising.   Contact Anne for hostess table bookings and Lynda for goodie bags and stall table bookings.   More information to be forthcoming when available.  Watch the website for developments!!! See you there!!   DONATIONS You can donate online through Greater Good SA, our trusty online partner:  Or make donations directly into our bank account:   Or send us a cheque made out to Rape Crisis Helderberg: P.O. BOX 2011 Somerset West 7129 THANK YOU!!!!! SECOND HAND SHOP   Rape Crisis Helderberg needs all your unwanted goods. Our second-hand shop is very well supported and we can sell all your unwanted clothes, shoes, linen, furniture, household equipment etc. We will be happy to collect goods if needed or you can deliver goods to cnr. Batavia & Oldenland Road, Somerset West (Mon -  Fri, 8:30 a.m. till 5 p.m.) click here for more information