community involvement
Since its inception in 2001 Impact Direct Ministries has increased its community involvement to include:
- Feeding programs
- Supporting and counselling learners at risk at primary and secondary schools
- Facilitating programs to help parents of children with learning disabilities
- Linking international professionals to disadvantaged communities to conduct computer-training courses
- Providing practical services to orphans and vulnerable children and the care workers
- Working with street people, by providing care and support for children and adults
- Establishing, empowering and uplifting programs in informal settlements
- After care programme for primary school children from disadvantaged backgrounds
- Senior wellness programme for senior citizens from the community who receive pampering and health care• Support Group for parents of children with learning and behavioural problems and drug/substance addiction
- Life Skills with young girls from dysfunctional families, orphanages
- Providing mentoring to young boys with behavioural, drug and other social ills
- Spiritual and Moral Awakening – Drug Awareness and Preventative Program
- Youth development programme
- Online drug advice and support using MXit
- Founding partner of the first Living Lab in the Western Cape – Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs)
Spiritual and Moral Awakening – Drug Awareness and Preventative Program
Amongst its many outreaches; Impact Direct Ministries (IDM) has been involved in its Spiritual and Moral Awakening Program for a number of years. Through this program IDM have witnessed the lives of many people in communities dramatically transformed. A large part of these people were formerly involved in Drug Abuse and its related Social Ills. Subsequently some of the people, because of their own successful reconstruction, expressed the desire to see others enjoy the same Free from Drugs Transformation.
An initiative from this a group has sprung up. It consists of ex-drug addicts and gangsters who want to help others overcome similar situations. They have embarked on a program that was developed and being run and managed by these volunteers (young men and women who have been successfully reconstructed). These groups are presently doing outreaches/road shows/presentations in schools, workplaces, their own communities and various organisations.
Our previously initiated and very successful programmes:
- An online counselling forum by using the MXIT facility where people can receive counselling and remain anonymous.
- An after care programme for underprivileged children who need positive role models and care.
They are continually undergoing specialised training, which is ongoing in all the facets related to Substance Abuse and Social Ills. This training provides the necessary skills, together with their own experience, to empower others and restore family and social values back to their communities. They developed their own drug reconstruction, preventative and developmental programme.
This programme was birthed out of the need from the community and the vision of Pastor Roger Petersen.
