We work alongside Ugandan and South Sudanese survivor networks in Uganda to engage with national and regional authorities to strengthen the Transitional Justice framework at the national level and expand access to quality holistic care at the regional level. Through our partnership with the ICGLR Regional Training Facility, we have created a combined training module bringing together the Panzi Holistic Care Model with the socio-ecological SGBV Model that meets the needs of survivors in the Great Lakes and Central African Region.
Holistic care
Ensuring survivors around the world access holistic, compassionate care
Ensuring survivors around the world access holistic, compassionate care
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on conflict-related sexual violence
on conflict-related sexual violence
Holistic care
for survivors of sexual violence in conflict
for survivors of sexual violence in conflict
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We work to improve survivors’ access to holistic care
We work with survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, states, service-providers, civil society and community actors to improve survivors’ access to quality, compassionate and holistic care.
Stigma, distance, distrust, cost, and fear of reprisals prevent victims of sexual violence from seeking the care they require. In many areas, services may not be available at all. When available, victims may receive insensitive treatment from professionals at health structures, community spaces, police stations, or from community and family members.
Without the care they require, many victims of sexual violence face lifelong physical and psychosocial consequences. These can affect generations to come.
Our impact for survivors in 2024
5400+
survivors benefited from medical and psychosocial care in 2024.
900+
professionals received training in holistic care, strengthening their skills to support survivors.
1256+
survivors participated in individual counselling sessions and group therapy activities.
How do we ensure holistic care for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence?
- ENHANCE. We enhance survivors’ access to care by partnering with health and care structures and operating mobile clinics and surgical campaigns.
- BUILD. We build the capacities of structures, professionals, non-specialists and survivors themselves in trauma-informed holistic care.
- ADVOCATE. We advocate for survivor-centred, holistic care for survivors of sexual violence as both a right and a norm.
Albertine’s story
Albertine is a survivor of conflict-related sexual violence in the Central African Republic. She attended the Listening and Psychotherapy Centre in Bégoua. At the centre, she received personalised psychosocial counselling and support for socio-economic reintegration, as well as access to medical care as part of the holistic approach implemented by the Dr Denis Mukwege Foundation.
“Thanks to the intervention of the Mukwege Foundation in my life, today I am really in good health. Thanks to the advice and care provided at the Listening and Psychotherapy Centre, I have been able to set up a school and reunite orphans, children born of rape, and children living in very poor families.”
From survivor to educator, Albertine’s courage and resilience are now giving a whole generation a new chance.
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Holistic care access: Where the Mukwege Foundation supports survivors’ access to holistic care
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Advocacy and capacity building: Where the Foundation strengthens capacity and advocates for holistic care services
