The theme of July’s semester was about emotion management. Among the children of the CPE programme, the limbic system – i.e. all the structures involved in the formation of emotions and memory – is injured by the trauma. The child must learn or relearn to control intense emotional discharges: he or she will learn to …
CPE reunion: what a joy to meet again after two years of pandemic! The CPE DRC project coordinator, Sifa, together with the psychologists, Rosetta and Shekina, and the psychosocial assistants, Anna and Wivine, were on hand, keen to present the clinical cases and the desired developments in person. The project’s pedagogue, Mr Brazos, joined the …
CPE reunion between the Belgian and Congolese team Read More »
Three years ago, the non-profit organization “Les Enfants de Panzi et d’ailleurs” started the first phase of its program by offering psychosocial support to children under 10 years old who are victims of sexual violence and their families. A 3-year protocol validated by the ULG’s psychology department has proved its worth and each child in …
In spite of the Covid, training and activities continue and have adapted well Read More »
It was a very emotional moment experienced by the teams of psychologists of the “Children of Panzi and elsewhere” and the young girls who are now leaving our program. After three years of psychotherapeutic accompaniment with a rigorous protocol, the girls of phase 1 of the project are now autonomous, stable, schooled and integrated. Our …
This article evaluates a system of psychological care for girls victims of sexual violence in three different villages around Bukavu (DRC). The participants are fifty-seven girls under the age of 10 who have been victims of sexual violence in three different villages around Bukavu and who are monitored by the EPA association and the Panzi Foundation. We invite you …
Evaluation of a therapeutic device for girls victims of sexual violence in South Kivu Read More »
Cathleen de Kerchove is the new President of EPA and succeeds Véronique De Keyser who has been called to other functions. A founding member of Les Enfants de Panzi et d’Ailleurs, Cathleen is a precious link which has enabled our association to work to accompany little girls who have been raped and born as a …