Community Outreach and Mobilisation
Since its inception, the Adonis Musati Project has been involved in a number of initiatives and activities to assist the vulnerable asylum seeker and refugee population in Cape Town, including health and welfare, training, education, advocacy, and psychosocial and mental health care. AMP believes in taking a holistic approach to offering assistance, addressing both the physical and mental needs of our clients. We strive to address the gap of access and availability in services for this population, whilst encouraging individual sustained growth and eventual self-reliance.
““In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it. ”
COMMUNITY INFORMATION AND EDUCATION TALKS
AMP offers weekly advocacy and sensitisation campaigns and presentations in public spaces such as hospitals, clinics and churches, creating awareness around GBV, HIV, social cohesion and health and reproductive rights.
Mental Health and GBV Workshops
AMP has many years of experience counselling refugees and asylum seekers and is familiar with the mental health issues that are most common in this community. We are also aware of the stigma surrounding certain mental illnesses as well as GBV and offer educational and experiential GBV and Mental Health Workshops on request, to refugees and migrants at other Cape Town service providers and NGOs.
WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP TRAINING
AMP regularly runs trainings for female community leaders on various topics including parenting, child protection and GBV.
PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
AMP hosts participatory workshops and events at significant times throughout the year such as women’s month, World Aids Day, 16 Days of Activism, Heritage Day and Mandela day to improve dialogue and social cohesion between South Africans, refugees and migrants.