Get Help

If you or someone you know is being abused, POWA is here for you. Don’t hesitate to contact us. Help is just a phone call, email or message away.

POWA provides the following services, which are all free of charge, to women who have experienced violence:

If you or someone you know is being abused, POWA is here for you. Don’t hesitate to contact us. Help is just a phone call, email or message away.

POWA provides the following services, which are all free of charge, to women who have experienced violence:

Counselling Support

Individual Face-to-Face Counselling
Group Counselling

Women can access our counselling through our six branch offices. Our offices are strategically located in areas for women from economically disadvantaged communities and women from the Johannesburg inner city for easy to access services.

Telephonic Counselling
To access telephonic counselling services, phone: 011 642 4345/6

E-mail Counselling
Counselling via email is available at: counselling@powa.co.za

Social Media

You can access counselling by sending a DM to POWA’s social media platforms: POWA | @POWA_ZA | @powa_za

You can access counselling by sending a DM to POWA’s social media platforms: POWA | @POWA_ZA |
@powa_za

Sheltering

POWA’s two shelters, based on Johannesburg’s East Rand and West Rand, offer a place of safety for GBV survivors and their children. The shelter’s objectives are to provide a supportive and therapeutic environment that enables them to deal with the trauma of domestic violence.
Residents are accommodated for a month up to a year, depending on their circumstances. For example, in exceptional cases, where their children attend schools in the area, women can extend their stay and then leave after the child’s final year exams.

Legal Support

The POWA Legal Department provides the following services:

Court preparation for women due to act as witnesses in cases of abuse;
Court support which includes accompanying women to court and assisting them to fill out court documents as required;
Maintenance, divorce and protection order application assistance;
Legal advice on various GBV matters;
Joining as a friend of the court on pressing matters;
Collaborating with other strategic partners in realising women’s rights by assigning legal volunteers at various courts and police stations;
Knowledge on how the justice system works to enable women to better navigate it.