Empowering youth to combat bullying and violence in South Africa

Thrive Initiators with founder of the Thrive Initiative founder Brian Segal. They will be taking a ground-breaking approach, focusing on healing, stress release, and emotional resilience to schools and groups across Cape Town.

Ten Nyanga youngsters completed an intervention training programme - a new approach to tackle bullying and violence in South Africa.

The group is the first to graduate from the non-profit organisation Thrive’s somatically-based intervention training, which focuses on self-awareness, self-regulation, and communication skills.

Thrive founder Brian Segal, from Green Point, said bullying was a symptom of unprocessed stress and pain.

He said that many pupils were replicating the communication and emotional patterns they experience athome.“When you reprimand a bully, you increase their internal tension, which often leads to moreoutbursts. But if you can give them tools to release that pressure and express themselves safely, behavioural change follows naturally,” he said.

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