Fighting poverty and gender-based violence in a South African town | Witness Documentary

In Bredasdorp, South Africa, a series of rapes and murders has shaken the small town of 15,000 people. The Black and mixed-race community in the divided town suffers from endemic poverty, family breakdown and drug addiction.
Lana O'Neill, a community worker, has taken it upon herself to provide a safe house for vulnerable teenage girls she finds on the streets, but faces challenges in negotiating funding and getting the local government on board. As she struggles against the tide, the pressure on her only increases, and it remains to be seen if she will be able to prevent another tragedy from occurring. Small Town Safe House is a documentary film by Julia Jaki.
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[@angiemabena2621]

This is just too much for this lady...how do we help her. Create a fund and we'll contribute to her safe house.

[@chara8231]

I wish they included a way to donate in the documentary. So heartbreaking to watch. May God always be with all those brave women who are devoting their lives to help the vulnerable populations🙏🏿

[@user-wq9eg3nm4c]

But it didn't succeed because the community helpers didn't get funding or official backing. The last sentence of the devoted Deputy mayor sums it up. No government involvement, no interest.

[@user-wq9eg3nm4c]

Donate to whom, my friend? The Deputy Mayor left and all those brave women may have left as well

[@matijonou]

@@user-wq9eg3nm4c I feel that the women have not left and that if we found a way to connect and donate it would be much appreciated; i would like to know

[@karinak9465]

Please follow @ActionSocietySA & @IanCameron23 it helps the poorer communities to solve and prevent crime because SA Minister of Police is more corrupt than anything else

[@karinak9465]

Please check out Action Society SA & Ian Cameron23 - they help the community with crime

[@user-pg2ux3xg8x]

"Slipped through" 😒😂 Until something happens to one of their loved ones, these politicians will understand the frustration of these victims!

[@wikusjordaan6485]

We need more people like Lana, and less that look the other way.

[@user-pg2ux3xg8x]

All these documentaries to raise awareness, but yet nothing is "really" done 💔

[@Eli04664]

The country is going into the ground, I feel like a traitor for leaving SA however my family’s safety always comes first, in my lifetime may I see a safe, stable and corruption free South Africa🇿🇦❤️🇿🇦

[@user-pg2ux3xg8x]

The lady is crying over the murder and abuse rates, Zuki just cares about people honoring her invite & cup of tea! 🙄

[@thundercatt5265]

... that was messed up the lady left abandoning them and she never got the money needed... kinda the native healers are treated.... sadly it's like this almost everywhere in the world on some level, that lack of equality, both were born equally and it takes 2 to create a new life .. that's the problem, the lack of respect comes from men .. not honoring where they came from ,being brainwashed into thinking women is put him to be ruled over...is just not true as i said it takes 2 to create worlds and fill them with life ,she can't do it alone, neither can he making them equal partners

[@user-wq9eg3nm4c]

She didn't want to abandon them but she needed funding that was promised but did not arrive.

[@user-wq9eg3nm4c]

Brilliant outstanding documentary. Yeah South Africa..

[@RopekingRopethemall]

Keep voting ANC and you will never change anything

[@user-pg2ux3xg8x]

Good bless you Tannie Lana x ❤

[@Mathilda5xp]

Get permission to start a fund, Lana O'Neill. Approach the Mayor and Gayton Mackenzie.

[@muhammadaftab15033]

Al Jazeera! Please, make a documentary about the Peshawar School Massacre in Pakistan in December 2014.

[@biancalizwe9407]

Ooh my Lana may our good God remember all your good deeds and reward you.

[@Rick-xp5sy]

They need to live in the 21 century and stop all hatred and violence and prosper as a nation, isn’t that what they always wanted once the colonials left.

[@agirl2094]

Do you know what epigenetic trauma is ?

[@mxolisimatsholani1819]

💔💔💔

[@VJASK93]

Joh aunty Lala ek hoop syt n go fund me acc She reminded me of my mom

[@mamakalami]

Gender based violence is a terrible scurge in our communities. So is the segregation created by apartheid and people continuing their legacy.

[@Heart-Core]

😔♥️

[@louiethesquid1996]

This should’ve been an issue along time ago, but it seems like the Israelis are trying to instigate unrest in South Africa

[@the_indelible_onion]

Yes, they also recently caused a hurricane in the city I live. We know they have weather weapons.

[@JackFieldBand]

​@@the_indelible_onion😂😂😂

[@user-wq9eg3nm4c]

What has Israel to do with this?

[@the_indelible_onion]

@@user-wq9eg3nm4c you’re caught. Zionist!

[@Mathilda5xp]

@@user-wq9eg3nm4c Exactly!

[@SizweCooks]

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[@lolasoares1464]

So you can get more of this ?

[@goldlion15795]

Justice for the Coloured Child and the Coloured Women. This incompetent ANC govt tends to conveniently forget the Indigienous people's of South Africa and leave them to live in the worst conditions. A big up to Aunty Lana and her helpers.

[@Mathilda5xp]

Yes! Viva Aunty Lana O'Neill. God bless you.