In the majority of our engagements, Khulisa received an observed call that there are plenty of organisations that require development. So that they can resolve conflict and address violence and crime before they escalate and result in horrendous incidences.

This year International Restorative Justice Week is observed from the 21st till the 28th of November 2021, under the theme “Protect and Empower the Person Harmed”. In order to protect and empower through Restorative Justice, we must know a little about it.

Leading up to International Restorative Justice Week, we at Khulisa caught up on the points of view of our MD Lesley Ann van Selm, Carl Stauffer and Mike Batley from the Restorative Justice Centre and fellow speakers taking part in the Restorative Justice Webinar. Hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal on the 23rd of November 2021) in association with Khulisa Social Solutions and the Restorative Justice Centre

KUK was established in 1997, which was at the time the Managing Director
met Lisa Rowles, who had expressed interest in Khulisa’s storytelling
methodology. Two years later, she was employed to coordinate key
activities of the organisation subsequent to KUK having secured their first
funding contract.

In partnership with Tano AI, a branding and digital media organisation supported by a qualified and
innovative team of engineers, statisticians and data scientists, Khulisa is in the process of developing
a cutting-edge technology-driven framework for measuring social impact and social ROI.

Khulisa’s Communities of Opportunity (CoO) programme is a research-based model used to create
the types of communities we all want to live in.

Naledi (22) is one of our divertee graduates who was referred to the
programme when he was a student at Nkobong High school in Kraalhoek
in 2019. We spoke to him about the circumstances that led to his referral,
his experiences with the programme and how it has shaped his life ever
since.