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LifeLine-Childline marks 25 years of service

LifeLine-Childline marks 25 years of service

LIFELINE-CHILDLINE, which provides a 24-hour crisis intervention service to all sectors of the community, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week.

Since 1980, this NGO has provided a telephonic crisis intervention and emotional support service that can be accessed by all Namibians. The service is run by volunteers who are willing to spend their time and expertise to support people who are in need of help.Besides the confidential and free telephone counselling service, LifeLine-Childline offers a number of services for people of all ages.The NGO also provides corporate training workshops on HIV-AIDS and other subjects, and workshops for primary school teachers.It offers volunteer counselling and testing in Rundu, Kavango and Oshikango, trauma debriefing and a 15-hour crisis team response.The Childline educational drama life skills programme, called ‘Feeling Yes, Feeling No’, teaches children how to keep their bodies safe from abuse and diseases.It has reached more than 70 000 primary school children since its launch seven years ago.LifeLine aims to expand its services this year with a mobile volunteer counselling and testing team for the western Kavango and Oshikango border post.An outreach centre is being developed at Swakopmund.All the functions of LifeLine-Childline rely on funding and voluntary work.If you need to talk to somebody confidentially, call LifeLine-Childline at (061) 23 2221.The service is run by volunteers who are willing to spend their time and expertise to support people who are in need of help.Besides the confidential and free telephone counselling service, LifeLine-Childline offers a number of services for people of all ages.The NGO also provides corporate training workshops on HIV-AIDS and other subjects, and workshops for primary school teachers.It offers volunteer counselling and testing in Rundu, Kavango and Oshikango, trauma debriefing and a 15-hour crisis team response.The Childline educational drama life skills programme, called ‘Feeling Yes, Feeling No’, teaches children how to keep their bodies safe from abuse and diseases.It has reached more than 70 000 primary school children since its launch seven years ago.LifeLine aims to expand its services this year with a mobile volunteer counselling and testing team for the western Kavango and Oshikango border post.An outreach centre is being developed at Swakopmund.All the functions of LifeLine-Childline rely on funding and voluntary work.If you need to talk to somebody confidentially, call LifeLine-Childline at (061) 23 2221.

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