Sister Leonie Weyers is injecting smiles in a setting where many spirits are hurt
Sister Leonie Weyers is the only full-time nurse at the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children.Spotlight spent time with Weyers at the shelter situated on gang-war turf in Manenberg.
Of the Saartjie Baartman Centre's 41 employees, 37 are women; and the non-profit organisation has an all-women board, too. This prevents the re-traumatisation of clients having to travel between different government agencies; retelling their stories to different officials, with accumulating transport fees. The centre's funding is supplemented by the Western Cape's Department of Social Development, with other funders including the National Lottery and international donors.Along a corridor, the sound of humming seeps from a door.
Weyers says their substance abuse unit is the only one in South Africa that treats both drug addiction and gender-based violence. Their four-month programme offers counselling, education and skill-building –"empowering women to lead independent, fulfilling lives". "It costs about R40 to R60 for a bag of tik, depending on the size. And something that's happening in the community at the moment is people using tik in the morning to wake up, to get energy because it's the 'upper'.
This recollection is from the Kraaifontein Community Health Clinic, where Weyers worked in 2018 as a student nurse for six weeks. Weyers started at the centre in July this year. Before that she completed a year's community service at TB-specialist facility Brooklyn Chest Hospital in Milnerton, whereVivacious sister Sandra Bryant has a disco ball in her lilac clinic in Cape Town
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