It is of the utmost importance that people, especially women and children, know how to defend themselves.<\/p>\n
To aid in this the Greater Germiston Society for Child and Family Welfare recently hosted a self-defence and awareness workshop<\/a>.<\/p> The workshop was a great success and the team from Child Welfare thanked everyone who took the time to support the event, which was held at Edenvale Sports Centre.<\/p>\n \u201cThank you to those who participated in the workshop.<\/p> \u201cYou walked away from the day, not bruised, but empowered and energised,\u201d said Barbara Bouwer, the director of Germiston Child Welfare.<\/p>\n The workshop\u2019s participants received practical defence training and safety tips from Capt. Hennie Bouwer from the SAPS Provincial Office. They also heard inspirational talks from guest speakers Alta McMaster from the Epic Foundation and Willie Freysen, a family law attorney from Freysen Attorneys.<\/p>\n McMaster shared her life story of how she turned violence to victory by overcoming spousal abuse, rape and substance abuse, as well as how she recovered and restored her life by taking control, speaking out and finally establishing an NPO that supports survivors of rape.<\/p>\n She encouraged women to speak out about rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence or violations against them.<\/p>\n Freysen provided guests with valuable information about protection orders and what procedures must be followed to obtain a protection order against someone.<\/p>\n \u201cBrilliant workshop, I would encourage more women to attend these workshops as they offer such valuable life lessons,\u201d said attendee Euphrasia Francis.<\/p>\n \u201cThank you to the management and staff at Edenvale Action Soccer for availing the venue at no cost and assisting during the day,\u201d said Bouwer.<\/p>\n For more information on future workshops visit and like the Germiston Child Welfare\u2019s Facebook page or call Bouwer on 082 804 8376 or email info@childwelfaregermiston.org.za.<\/p>\n Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n Child Welfare launches new logo<\/a><\/p>\n Welcome donation for Child Welfare<\/a><\/p>\n Germiston Child Welfare grateful for revamped toilets<\/a><\/p>\n Child Welfare\u2019s training room gets a revamp<\/a><\/p>\n