Our competencies include:

• Counsellor training at certificate and diploma levels
• Facilitating short courses, workshops and seminars
• Counselling services for individuals and groups
• Support Supervision for Counsellors (Quality Assurance in Counselling)
• Research and  curriculum development  
• Psychosocial Support and
• Community Development and Project Planning and Management
• Social Entrepreneurship

Customized workshops include but not limited to:

• Basic Counselling and Communication Skills
• Self Awareness
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• HIV and AIDS Counselling
• Life skills for Children and Youth
• Trauma Counselling
• Retirement and Retrenchment
• Stress Management
• Peer Education and Behaviour Change Communication
• Team building
• Communication and Conflict Resolution
• Gender and Gender Based Violence
• Special needs (disabilities)
  

For all services RESCOU provides:

• Professional quality service based on many years accumulated experience
• A wide range of services/access to a wide range of resources
• Multi-cultural professional staff/services on a National level
• A team with credibility both in the community and in the counselling profession
• Location that is able to respond to client needs within a short time
• Highly skilled counsellors and psychologists who receive ongoing development training
• Access to relevant networks for consultation
• Experience and knowledge in working with children and survivors of trauma

 

PURPOSE
To address the above youth related problems, RESCOU intends to provide a holistic care with the view of educating and alleviating poverty and humanitarian hardship among the youth of Ulumbi.

SPECIFIC PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• Empower youth as behaviour change and development agents.
• Train peer youth educators offering counselling, life skills, psychosocial support and education to peers.
• Develop a Community Youth Centre with structures to promote youth therapeutic, personal development, recreational and income generation initiatives.
• Network with existing organization for youth to access services outside the scope of the project.  

Twenty three youth started meeting once a week from June 2007 and recently moved to a one roomed premise where they have a table and a few chairs. They have received a pool table from a community member and RESCOU supplied them with some reading materials which included old newspapers and magazines. They are in the process of putting up some book shelves in anticipation of books from well wishers.

The challenges are space, reading materials and sponsorship for training and also for income generating activities. The youth are excited about the project because they never imagined that such a service could come to them as it has been a privilege of the urban youth. The numbers are increasing day by day as they can see that their potential may be realized.

Any assistance with this project will be greatly change the lives of the youth who are our future leaders.