RADA in Context

Rape

Alcohol

Drugs

Abuse

Methodological Point of Difference

• RADA adopts a holistic approach to renewal – using proactive education programmes to develop skills, behaviours and attitudes which shall lead to improved self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making, including reactive healing processes in caring for traumatised people.
• RADA offers a caring and comprehensive service under one roof, employing trained and skilled practitioners who use proven methods for renewal.
• RADA’s systems shall ensure efficient and secure processes with specific reference to the reporting of rape and abuse cases.
• RADA offers training and workshops to people in their care, assisting them in every way possible to realise their own worth and become self-empowered.

Philosophical Point of Difference

• RADA believes in the value of life for all – that people are fundamentally good and deserve a life lived with purpose.
• RADA’s healing processes are significantly different because we help people – no matter how damaged – to recognise and access the power and light that exists within, to heal themselves and take responsibility for their own lives.
• RADA’s processes scrutinise the inner psyche, identifying behavioural patterns and trigger points.
• A heightened sense of self-awareness and understanding facilitates a more peaceful connection with oneself and the world, eradicating fear or the need to harm others.
• The objective is for people to reach a level of personal empowerment that allows them to achieve their dreams, and to give back to them the opportunity to live the life we all deserve.

Rada Training Academy

Unemployment is high:

• 4.9 million people in South Africa were unemployed at the end of 2014
• The unemployment rate of South Africa is 24.3%
• If the part of the population that has given up searching for work is also taken into account, the unemployment rate will be at 36%

Education ranked low:

• South Africa is ranked 132nd out of 144 countries for primary education and 143rd for the quality of science and maths
• Only 15% of 12-year-olds in South Africa scored at or above the minimum proficiency level on the language test. In maths it was only 12%
• Only 13.6% of the Gr1’s that enrolled in 2002 passed matric in 2013 with exemption to study for a degree; and only 34.8% of the pupils who started school in 2002 passed matric

Why study?

• Only 1 in 20 people who possessed some form of higher education were living in poverty in 2011
• Only 7% of the population aged 25 years and over with a tertiary education are unemployed
• Between 81% and 89% of people with a post-matric education are employed