Body Stress Release Foundation

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ABOUT THE BODY STRESS RELEASE FOUNDATION

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www.bodystressreleasefoundation.org

WHO WE ARE

The Body Stress Release (BSR) Foundation was founded as a registered Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) in 2019. The BSR Foundation works towards the relief of pain and suffering, through the specific use of the BSR technique for disadvantaged communities. It ensures the sustainability of the Body Stress Release Outreach programmes and in addition, provides sponsorship to qualifying students from disadvantaged backgrounds who would not otherwise have the financial means to study Body Stress Release.

The BSR technique improves mobility, eases discomfort and pain thereby improving the quality of life for individuals. This is achieved by releasing stored tension caused by physical, emotional and chemical stresses. BSR is made available to institutions and schools for the disabled and or disadvantaged.

vision

To extend the benefits of Body Stress Release, a complementary health technique, to those from disadvantaged backgrounds and allow them relief from pain and suffering, caused by an accumulation of emotional and physical body stress.

MISSION

  • To improve mobility, emotional wellbeing, ease discomfort, pain, and thereby improving quality of life in organizations and schools for the disabled and disadvantaged.
  • The BSR Foundation will provide financial support for the training of aspiring practitioners from disadvantaged communities, to provide them with the skills and resources to start their own business as a Body Stress Release Practitioner.

OUR VALUES

  • Heart centred
  • Compassion
  • Sustainability
  • Collaboration
  • Community
  • Educate
  • Confidentiality

CURRENT OUTREACH PROJECTS

MONTHLY

BSR Practitioners volunteer their time supporting different NPO’s that provide care facilities to the abandoned and neglected, and people with disabilities. Currently, 90 people receive monthly BSR sessions. These include children and adults with disabilities as well as babies and children in need of care and protection.

NPO’s SUPPORTED

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HEARTLANDS BABY SANCTUARY Somerset West, Western Cape is a temporary residential safe care facility for 25 children at any given time. They provide individual specialised care to children in desperate need of support  and protection from birth to 6 years.

https://www.heartlandsbaby.org/

Left: a woman smiling and holding a baby in a blue outfit. right: the same woman standing with another woman, both smiling in front of a cartoon animal mural.
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HOME OF HOPE Western Cape is a registered non-profit organisation that provides care services for abused, abandoned and neglected children in our country, with a focus on those affected by Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), which is permanent brain damage caused by pre-natal exposure to alcohol.

https://www.homeofhope.co.za

 

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JO-DOLPHIN NPO MALMESBURY WESTERN CAPE provides a day-care facility for persons with severe to profound intellectual disabilities, and their goal is to provide a balanced, safe and entertaining environment.

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SHERWOOD PARK SPECIAL CARE CENTRE MANNENBERG CAPE TOWN was established in order to ensure that special needs children and their families receive the support and adequate educational opportunities. they deserve.

https://www.sherwoodpark.org.za/whatwedo.html#

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BI-ANNUAL OUTREACH

IKHWEZI LOKUSA SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL Mthatha Eastern Cape.

Since 2018, International and South African BSR practitioners visit Ikhwezi Lokusa Special Needs School bi-annually for 2 weeks, to attend to the 200 pupils (ages 6 to 22) and approximately 20 staff members.

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ZAMBIA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TIME+TIDE FOUDATION

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The BSR Outreach programmes have been running twice a year to work with disabled children in the rural areas of Lower Zambezi, South Luangwa and Liuwa Plains. The Time+Tide Foundation have sponsored three people to study at the BSR Academy in South Africa, to become BSR practitioners. . These BSR Practitioners are employed by the Time+Tide Foundation to work in Home-based Education, aimed at improving literacy levels for special needs children.

www.timeandtidefoundation.org.

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THE BURSARY FUND

The BSR Foundation’s first bursary student Zodwa Godwana, a single mother of 2 children from Mthatha, successfully graduated from the Body Stress Release Academy of South Africa in 2023. She has opened her practise in Mthatha and volunteers for the BSR Outreach at Ikhwezi Lokusa Special Needs School.

 

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DONATE

With your generous support, we can continue to expand our outreach efforts and bursary program to reach more people in need. Together, we can create a world where individuals can find relief, restore balance, and embrace a healthier, pain-free life.

Thank you for being a vital part of our journey towards healing and well-being.

To donate: https://bodystressreleasefoundation.org/donate

 

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