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The TEARS (Transform Education About Rape and Sexual abuse) Foundation provides access to crisis intervention, advocacy, counselling, and prevention education services for those impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, and child sexual abuse. Confidential services are provided to all victims at no charge.

About us

The Company

TEARS Foundation, founded in 2012 is a Registered NPO and PBO that uses technology innovatively in the scourge against domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse.

Business/Product or Service

TEARS Foundation is responsible for the sourcing and collating of a data-base comprised of a fully comprehensive network of services; medical, medico-legal, legal and psychological, currently available throughout South Africa, for the assistance and support of survivors of rape and sexual abuse.

This data-base will be accessible to all South Africans, *free of charge, through a web and mobisite. By using a USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) mobile interface, in conjunction with location-finding software, any South African with a cell phone will be able to receive an instant referral to the nearest available help facility, via SMS.

Our Mission and Vision

To be an agent of transformation for all aspects of education about rape and sexual abuse in order to promote positive change in societal values and attitudes, where the right to say “NO” is upheld as a basic human right; where victims of rape and sexual abuse are treated with empathy and dignity; where access to legal, medical and psychological support is easily available to each and every member of society, regardless of gender, race or economic status.We provide frontline services to women and girls affected by gender-based violence and multiple disadvantages. We invest in trauma-informed services, approaches and partnerships that reach the most marginalised women and girls to address the inequalities they face and respond to the complex needs that result from their experiences. Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations.We have set out to aid those who need it most. Tearsfoundation is here to help, and we believe that change is possible when we put our hearts and minds to it.

Success stories

The foundation honours Ethan Ramsanu, David Ingram, Andrew Kehlert and Jayden Steven for their hard work. Photo: Chante’ Ho Hip

June 5, 2022

The foundation also honoured four young learners – Ethan Ramsanu, David Ingram, Andrew Kehlert and Jayden Steven – who have contributed to making a difference in the fight against gender-based violence. “We need to train our boys and girls to be part of the fight against gender-based violence,” said the foundation’s founder Mara Glennie
The foundation also honoured four young learners – Ethan Ramsanu, David Ingram, Andrew Kehlert and Jayden Steven – who have contributed to making a difference in the fight against gender-based violence. “We need to train our boys and girls to be part of the fight against gender-based violence,” said the foundation’s founder Mara GlennieThe four boys raised a substantial amount of money for the foundation in addition to creating and packing comfort packs for victims of gender-based violence. “We all try to do something to change the world. I think so much about gender-based violence and how men are described as bad guys, murders, rapists and one day I actually asked my mom ‘are all men bad’,” said Jayden.

ACCENTURE AWARDS CERTIFICATE 2013

October 9, 2013

Concept finalist in 2013 for the Accenture Innovation Index and Awards, owing to our “Help-at-your-fingertips®” innovation

2014 TT100 EMERGING ENTERPRISE QUALIFIER FOR “HELP-AT-YOUR-FINGERTIPS®”

November 12, 2014

Help at your Fingertips was shortlisted for two National Science & Technology Forum- South32 Awards for 2016/2017.

LIFEBOARD 2015

January 22, 2015

LifeBoard was an Outstanding Government Communication Award Finalists in the Communications X-Change Awards in 2015

Press Release

Tear foundation 16 days of activism launch.

Tears foundation get together function

EVENTS CHECKLIST

HIV/AIDS Policy of the NGO:

Over the years the treatment of infection with HIV has improved considerably and

what was once a death sentence is now just another treatable chronic disease. This

has created challenges as there is considerable fatigue and complacency around.

HIV. However, we are continuing our efforts, particularly as tuberculosis (TB) is.

closely associated with the HIV infection and is a major problem in southern Africa.

HIV must be correctly managed if TB is to be beaten. The magnitude of the health

challenge posed by HIV/AIDS is such that individual companies cannot adequately.

address it alone and we reiterate that a comprehensive and effective response to

HIV/AIDS requires a partnership between all stakeholders.

DISCRIMINATION AND STIGMA ELIMINATION

Confidentiality An employee who is HIV-positive or is on the verge of becoming HIVpositive, has the right to privacy and secrecy, as does the public. In the event of any

employee who has gone through or is going through a difficult time, any additional

medical or psychological issues a similar occurrence employee who are HIV-positive

are not required to work, notify management or anybody else in the organization

their HIV status, and their organization, there is no reason to require job candidates

to personal information about HIV should not be disclosed. Nor are workers

obligated to share such private information.

Employees may be given information gleaned from individual HIV testing and/or

knowledge, attitude, and practice questionnaires, if the confidentiality of individual

replies and results is respected. These data are generated in a scientific and ethical

manner, and they are only shared with external stakeholders after reasonable efforts

have been made to share them with employees and their representatives.

TEARSFOUNDATION'S ONLINE REPUTATION MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

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