Holistic care
Ensuring survivors around the world access holistic, compassionate care
Digital course
on conflict-related sexual violence
Holistic care
for survivors of sexual violence in conflict

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

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5400+

survivors benefited from medical and psychosocial care in 2024.

 

capacity building for CRSV survivors

900+

professionals received training in holistic care, strengthening their skills to support survivors.

awareness raising for survivors of CRSV

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 services
Advocacy and capacity building: Where the Foundation strengthens capacity and advocates for holistic care services
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