My journey

My name is Shireen and i am a member of  Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust. I joined the organisation in 2011. I have made it a prayer request to My God to allow me to stumble upon what he has planned for my life.

I thank God for where i am right now, because it feels as if i have somehow, someway found some meaning to my life. By that i mean we have so many broken, battered and abuse woman walking into our doors and i am the first contact to welcome them into our safe space and have a chat with them. That is when the real work starts for me, that is the platform i have to minister to them and to let them know that no matter the hurt and pain they are going through right now, all you need to know is that everything will be alright in time and that, God loves you and He will never leave you and he will never forsake you. When the question arises that why did God allow this to happen to them, all i can say is that it is stated in the living word that the Lord let the son rise on the righteous and the unrighteous. We really do not have any control over only good things to happen. For that i am very grateful and i feel that at least i have planted a seed and somehow i think left an footprint in that survivors life.

I take my hat off to those woman who have the courage to seek help and start on their road to recovery. I salute the staff and volunteers at Rape Crisis for their dedication and passion for making a difference in a wounded soul.