Evaluering
Program Evaluation of Healing of Memories Facilitators Final Report
The Institute of Healing of Memories (IHOM) had adopted a workshop methodology as a primary way of doing work. The methodology was developed in the context of post-apartheid South Africa and was conceived at the time of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in 1996 – 1998. The methodology was initially developed to help people overcome the trauma and violence related to the oppression of and struggle against the apartheid system. The methodology emphasizes attention to emotional and spiritual aspects above intellectual, understanding and interpretation of the past. In addition to relating to apartheid challenges, the methodology has been found helpful in healing trauma related to Gender violence, AIDS, ethnic conflict and to general conditions of poverty and other social ills.