About us
HERO is a registered NPO dedicated to working with traumatised children and their families.
The HERO team is comprised of a group of experienced multi-talented professionals and volunteers who have worked for many NPO’s in the Knysna/Plettenberg Bay Area over the past 13 years. Through their work, they recognised that many traumatised children in economically disadvantaged communities within the greater Knysna area do not receive intervention and assistance. It became apparent that working only with the children was not sufficient and that parental interventions are also necessary for optimal Healing. Programmes are therefore designed to assist children and their families towards emotional health.
The HERO team is comprised of a group of experienced multi-talented professionals and volunteers who have worked for many NPO’s in the Knysna/Plettenberg Bay Area over the past 13 years. Through their work, they recognised that many traumatised children in economically disadvantaged communities within the greater Knysna area do not receive intervention and assistance. It became apparent that working only with the children was not sufficient and that parental interventions are also necessary for optimal Healing. Programmes are therefore designed to assist children and their families towards emotional health.
Vision
Happy, safe and healthy children, supported by their families in the community.
Mission
To restore the lives of traumatised children and youth by:
● Providing emotional healing through therapeutic intervention.
● Providing families and communities with emotional literacy, learning and skills.
● Providing children and youth with emotional support structures in the community in order to sustain the optimisation of strengths.
● To develop and sustain inter-organisational relationships in order to provide a holistic support system for traumatised children.
● Training and supervision of professionals, community members and volunteers in the skills required for trauma interventions.
● Providing emotional healing through therapeutic intervention.
● Providing families and communities with emotional literacy, learning and skills.
● Providing children and youth with emotional support structures in the community in order to sustain the optimisation of strengths.
● To develop and sustain inter-organisational relationships in order to provide a holistic support system for traumatised children.
● Training and supervision of professionals, community members and volunteers in the skills required for trauma interventions.
Target Group
Children from economically disadvantaged families suffering from trauma in the Rheenendaal / Knysna / Plettenberg Bay region
