BADISA (Koue Bokkeveld)
BADISA Koue Bokkeveld is the social welfare service centre for the Cold Bokkeveld mountain farming community at Op-Die-Berg, providing social work services, family support, ECD, older persons care, and victim empowerment to an isolated agricultural community in the Witzenberg Local Municipality. BADISA explicitly addresses violence against women, men, and children alongside poverty, substance abuse, and family breakdown.
Contact & Location
- Louisa Bosson / Alice Kamfer
- 1 Kerk Street, Op Die Berg, Koue Bokkerveld, 6836
Opening Hours
Opening hours not available. Contact the organisation directly.
About
About BADISA Koue Bokkeveld
BADISA is a ministry of compassion operating under the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) and the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA) — established as a joint NPO (011-891) to provide professional social welfare services to communities across the Western Cape. BADISA describes itself as "a neighbour to everyone in need" and is explicitly value-driven with Jesus Christ as role model.
The Koue Bokkeveld (Cold Bokkeveld) service centre is located at 1 Kerk Street (Kerkstraat 1), Op-Die-Berg, Witzenberg Local Municipality, 6836. Op-Die-Berg is a small rural village at the foot of the Witzenberg mountain range, at the entrance to the Koue Bokkeveld fruit farming valley. The broader Koue Bokkeveld area — including the communities of Ceres, Prince Alfred Hamlet, and Op-Die-Berg — is characterised by apple, pear, and stone fruit farming with a large seasonal farm-worker population and the associated social vulnerabilities of rural farm labour including domestic violence, substance abuse, and poverty.
Services
BADISA Koue Bokkeveld's service mandate explicitly includes:
- Violence against women, men, and children — victim empowerment support, counselling, referrals to specialist GBV services, and engagement with the SAPS.
- Social work services — professional social work to individuals and families in crisis.
- Family life, marriages, and parenting — strengthening family bonds and addressing relational dysfunction.
- ECD programmes — early childhood development.
- Older persons services — the Koue Bokkeveld Dienssentrum (Service Centre) also provides older persons day services.
- Substance abuse / addiction — linked to the documented role of alcohol in family violence in this farming community.
- Poverty relief — material support and community development.