What is Cycle Breakers?
Cycle Breakers is a program for women over the age of 18, designed to support, educate and create awareness around social problems and teach them skills to affect change in the community. Our mission is twofold, to break the cycle that abuse has over their own lives and to equip them to actively affect change in the lives of others in cycles of abuse.
Established: March 2006


Who are we?
Cycle Breakers falls under a NGO, called Mount Hope Projects, which in turn falls under the auspices of the Mount Hope Worship Centre. Although it falls indirectly under the banner of a church, it is solely a social program that will cater to any person from any background, religion, creed or colour. Any spiritual intervention would be done solely on the request of a participant and would take place after sessions.

The working committee:
Claudine Cooper, Joy Smith, and Faldielah Jacobs


Activities:
2006:
Train the trainer March until September 2006
The program is divided in two parts. The first part will concentrate on dealing with personal traumas and the second part will bring awareness about socio-economic problems in the communities, coupled with the required skills to deal with those issues.
Number of attendees: 8 women

2007:
Support groups (Ongoing)
The support group was launched on 23 June 2006 to assist women who are going through marital problems, such as divorce, abuse, adultery etc.
Personal Growth course
For young women who wants to deal with past issues of hurt, abuse, etc.

2007:
Personal Growth (Ongoing)
This program is specifically aimed at women who have never dealt with past issues, but that are caught in the ripple effect thereof.  In this program that runs over a year, we assist participants to confront those issues in a constructive manner, but with lots of support.   After this whole process, we gently start re-building and encourage new growth process internally.

Contact Details:
Program Co-ordinator: Claudine Cooper
Cell number: 082 665 0678, email: claudine.cooper@newclicks.com