A few weeks ago Badisa Trio was asked to assess a 6-year-old boy. A family member was concerned that he has been sexually molested by his father. The mother and father were shocked about the allegations and offered their full cooperation to resolve the matter. Benjamin* has non-verbal autism, and thus needed a specialised forensic […]

Cipla launched their “Preserve their memory” campaign on 25 September 2019. Cipla Medpro’s CEO, Paul Miller said: “As part of our ethos of ‘Caring for Life’, we want people to live long and healthy lives. Therefore, we’re launching a campaign to educate people about dementia, and more specifically Alzheimer’s disease.” Alzheimer’s is the most common […]

Daar is talle kerke wat Badisa se werk ondersteun, en in hierdie uitgawe vertel ons van die VGK gemeentes wat saam met Plumstead Rusoord ‘n dienssentrum vir bejaardes gevestig het. Die PlumRus Community Service Centre is met die samewerking van die VG Kerk Lavender Hill en VG Kerk Retreat gevestig. Hierdie dienssentrum lewer dienste aan […]

Gedurende ‘n maand waartydens die hele land met die voortslepende en sinnelose geweld teen vrouens en kinders gekonfronteer is, bring Badisa ‘n sprankie hoop deur lig te werp op die verskil wat hierdie organisasie elke dag maak en hoe elkeen van ons ‘n rol kan speel in die vestiging van ‘n beter samelewing. Badisa se […]

By: Alexander MacDonald “With doll therapy it makes our residents feel less restless, less aggressive and it also gives them a sense of peace and calmness.”– Charlene Steyn, Social worker at Huis Uitsig. Since the 1930s, certain individuals started modifying regular dolls to resemble real newborn children. They are called reborn dolls for this exact […]

Geskryf deur – Teresa Grimbeek “Ons beleef daagliks in ons werk die lelike kant van menswees en voel soms stories het nie altyd gelukkige eindes nie, maar God tree in en wys ons dat wonderwerke tog nog gebeur. Om as baba verlaat te word en mislukte pleegplasings te beleef, laat meeste kinders in die ketting […]