Philisa Abafazi Bethu
Multi-service community women and family centre; emergency safe houses; social work; child and youth programmes; men's programme; search and rescue; community feeding; baby saver **1. Emergency Safe Houses** PAB operates emergency safe houses for women and children fleeing GBV, intimate partner violence, and domestic abuse — providing urgent residential shelter in a safe, confidential location within the Cape Flats. This is PAB's most directly GBV-critical service. **2. Social Work Services** Professional social work by qualified social workers — child protection, GBV case management, family preservation, referrals to courts and legal services, SASSA, and government services. Statutory and non-statutory social work. **3. Women Empowerment Programme** Economic empowerment, skills development, counselling, and support for women — addressing the financial dependency that keeps many women in violent relationships. **4. Afterschool Programmes** For children and youth in Lavender Hill and surrounding areas — homework support, life skills, educational activities, safe space. **5. Youth Programme** For teenagers and young adults — development, mentorship, life skills, GBV prevention education. **6. Senior Programme** Support and care for elderly community members — elder welfare and wellbeing. **7. Men's Café** A dedicated programme for men — addressing harmful masculinity norms, providing a safe space for men to discuss mental health, relationships, and change. GBV prevention through working with men and boys at community level. **8. Community Feeding (including food parcels)** Food security for vulnerable community members — directly addressing the poverty that drives GBV vulnerability. **9. Baby Saver** A safe, legal drop-off point for babies and infants — supporting mothers in crisis who cannot care for their babies. Connected to the DSD foster care and adoption system. **10. Search and Rescue Team** PAB has a dedicated volunteer search and rescue team that responds to community emergencies — including searching for missing persons in the Lavender Hill / Steenberg area.
Contact & Location
- Lucinda Evans
- 69 Hilary Drive, Southern Hills, Lavender Hill, Cape Town, 7945
Opening Hours
Opening hours not available. Contact the organisation directly.
About
A multi-service women and family centre founded in 2008 in Lavender Hill, one of Cape Town's most challenged Cape Flats communities (100,000 people, five informal settlements, high levels of gang violence, drug abuse, and GBV). PAB's name — "Philisa Abafazi Bethu" — means "Heal Our Women" in isiXhosa, and its work is exactly that: healing women, protecting families, and transforming community. Ten programmes: Emergency Safe Houses (residential shelter for GBV/DV survivors and their children); Social Work Services (statutory and non-statutory, child protection, GBV case management); Women Empowerment (skills, counselling, economic independence); Afterschool and Youth Programmes (children and teenagers); Senior Programme (elder welfare); Men's Café (addressing masculinity norms and GBV prevention with men); Community Feeding (food parcels and food security); Baby Saver (legal infant drop-off, fostering/adoption linked); and a Search and Rescue Team (community emergency response including missing persons). All services free. GBV crisis: 0800 428 428 (toll-free, 24/7).
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