Victim Support Unit Mondeor Sector 1 Johannesburg South Africa

Serving the communities Bassonia, Glenvista, Glenanda, Mulbarton and Liede en Vrede Trauma has become a daily occurrence in the lives of many South Africans. People are frequently exposed to trauma such as muggings, car hijackings, armed robberies, rape, assault, vehicle accidents, burglaries, suicides or natural disasters. The Victim Support Unit (VSU), a division of the local Community Policing Forum (CPF), provides emotional support and practical help to victims of crime on a free and confidential basis. Members of the VSU are all volunteers – people who live in the community and want to make a positive difference while fighting the effects of crime. We are not part of the police or justice system and victims do not have to report the crime in order to receive our support. A common response after a traumatic event is the feeling of loss of control over the victim’s own life. The debriefing process that the VSU follows, is designed to enable the victim to re-experience the incident in a controlled and safe environment in order to make sense of and become reconciled to the traumatic incident. Through this process, the traumatic experience can be brought to a conclusion.