PROJECTS, SUCCESS STORIES & NEWS FROM JFF
Training the volunteers for The Victim Friendly Room Marianhill Police Station
Joyful Hlongwane has just completed the week long trauma training for the first group of volunteers for the Victim Friendly Room at Marianhill Police Station. It is always rewarding working with volunteers from the community who are willing to be the positive change...
Mentorship Programme for young men, making positive change 2016
Jes and her team love this project as it focuses on making the positive change in young men's life. This year's group of young men come from Hammersdale, with the Mentorship team headed by Constable Yani Komo from SAPS Hammersdale, what an amazing group of...
16 Days of Activism 2015
The latest stats for 2014/2015 confirm that 59 957 sexual assaults are reported in a year, which means a sexual assault (regardless of gender) is reported to occur every 9 minutes to someone – and these are the ones we know of and are actually reported. This stirs...
Lend a helping HANDbag
Based on SAPS stats for 2013/2014 just over 7 sexual offences are reported every hour in South Africa. So over a period of 16 days that equals over 2,745 reported cases (plus more of which are not reported in many instances) and we are wanting to match this with...
New exciting partnership for JFF
City Hospital Behavioural Centre, has extended their hands to create greater capacity to help rape survivors. The need has increased for more central counselling services for rape survivors who use public transport or who stay in remote areas. With this new...
Jes Foord New Beginnings Ball a Princess Success
On the 29th of August 2014 the annual Jes Foord gala event known as the New Beginnings ball was held at the Three Cities Docklands Hotel in Durban. 195 attended the ball for an amazing evening of fun. This year the guests stopped at nothing to dress up to the Princess...
Comedian’s Unite Against Rape
A foundation favourite Jess Knauf rallied up the best of Comedy in the Durban comedy circuit and hosted an event in benefit of the foundation on Friday 20 June 2014 at New York Restaurant & Bar. The night was full of laughs as Jem Atkins of On Fire Comedy MC’d an...
Jes celebrates 6 years
In just six short and busy years, Jes has risen above and beyond. Starting with her perpetrators being convicted and put in prison soon after the doors of the Jes Foord Foundation offered support to rape survivors. Jes has subsequently achieved speaking about her...
Jes and the Twins
Jes and Jono became the proud parents of two gorgeous babies in the early hours of 25th February 2014. These two bundles of joy lie in their cots completely unaware of what amazing symbols of hope they are to thousands of girls who are impacted by the reality of rape...
Jes Foord Foundation opens Community Centre
Grand Opening Marianhill Community Center On the morning of the 26th of March 2014 as streaky clouds filled the bright blue sky over the upper highway excitement built as banners were erected, Cafe Pronto cranked on their coffee machine and the team donned themselves...