Craig Wilkinson, founder and CEO of Father a Nation, believes that healing and restoring men can help stop destructive masculine behavior in South Africa. The non-profit company has been teaching and inspiring boys and men for over ten years to live with positive, healthy masculinity and stand against abuse.
A father was planning his family’s murder and his suicide; husbands who beat their partners; and men who abandon and abuse, Craig Wilkinson has seen it all. However, he still believes that true masculinity is a force for good and that if we can heal and restore men, South Africa can stop destructive masculine behaviour in its tracks.Wilkinson is the founder and CEO of Father a Nation, a non-profit company (NPC) that works to encourage positive masculinity in SA.
The NPC has been teaching and inspiring boys and men for over ten years to live with positive, healthy masculinity and stand against any form of abuse. ‘Many men and women in SA grow up without the presence of a father or a positive male figure. This often results in paternal wounds and destructive beliefs about masculinity, with young men looking to figures such as gangsters, abusers or absent fathers as role models,’ says Wilkinson. ‘This highlights the critical role of a positive male figure in shaping the minds of boys and men in the countr
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