Website of the Month: Khulisa
Khulisa is a non-governmental organization providing community development programmes and reintegration and rehabilitation programmes for at-risk youth and young offenders. Restorative justice philosophy underpins the organization's work to rebuild relationships between the offenders, their families and the community. Their website introduces visitors to the organization and its different programmes.
http://www.khulisaservices.co.za/index.htm
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Introduction provides a description of the organization, its
history, and programmes.
Programmes provides a description of the programme development
process, the philosophy behind that development, and the characteristics
essential to all Khulisa programmes. The programmes include:
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MIB (Make it Better) trains young leaders to be contributing
members to their communities
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New Directions supports incarcerated youth and their
parents. The programme focuses on eight areas for support: life
skills, emotional intelligence development, community service,
mentorship, recreation activities, parental development, post
programme support, and restorative justice.
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Discovery is an in-prison programme helping offenders to
gain a self-awareness and become more responsible for their behavior.
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Destinations connects participants in Khulisa’s in prison
programmes with opportunities for employment after release.
The Khulisa Quest-UK describes a visit of young offenders from
Khulisa programmes to London to share experiences in the rehabilitation
and reintegration programmes.
Press is a list of links to news articles about Khulisa and
its staff.
Independent Evaluations presents several research studies on
Khulisa programmes.
The home
page opens to a video highlighting the organizations
goals.
September 2004
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Last modified
2005-05-31 09:56