Media

• January 2010
  Mosaic and her partners WPF (Netherlands), Rifka Annisa and Perempuan Women Crisis Centre Bengkulu (Indonesia) win the Dutch PSO Innovation Award 2009

  The  project 'Male Involvement in the context of intimate partner violence' of WPF and  her partners has won the  PSO Innovation Award 2009.  The jury refered in her judgment to the project and presentation as "Clear in identifying what needed to be changed. The presentation showed the innovation in terms of changing the intervention strategy, as well as the implications for the capacity of partner organizations. There was also a focus on learning for the wider community on this topic."

  PSO is an association that consists of sixty Dutch development organisations. The association focuses on capacity development at civil society organisations in developing countries.  It is the second time that PSO is offering the Innovation Award.

  "The Innovation Award is without any doubt a great recognition of our intense, courageous and exciting process leading to not only a counseling program for men in order to stop violence against women, but simultaneously to a strengthened organization", says Rachel Ploem, Technical Advisor Women's health of WPF. 

  Essential to the success of the program is the belief that men can change their violent behavior. For the involved women's organizations and counselors, this new approach involves a radical change of perspective. Counselors are trained to listen without judgment and to challenge men to help to find a solution to end the violence and not the relation. A Male Counseling's Toolkit is under development.

• October 2009
  Mosaic receives funding from the UNODC
  
  
• September 2009
  Jimmy Choo supports the Simelela Centre
  
  • See the press release on the "You, your shoes and 72" contest
  • More about Jimmy Choo's Project PEP
    
    
    
    
• August/September 2009
  Soul Magazine: Expert Interview with Zarina Majiet - Why do women tend to blame themselves for abuse?
  
  
• 29 June 2009
  Press Release: Mosaic Introduces Domestic Violence Resources for Men (Men’s Counsellor Training Program for Domestic Violence)
  
  
• 17 June 2009
  Southern Mail: Mosaic’s team skilled and ready for action
  By Raphael Wolf
  

Awards

• People to People International
  In Recognition of Mosaic's continued personal committment and support in promoting understanding between the people of our nations
  
  
• The 2002 Cape Times / Caltex Environmental Awards Medal
  For outstanding achievement in conservation of the cultural, natural, historic, architectual or social environment -- Environmental Award 2002 in association with the Cape Institute of Architects
  
  
• Impumelelo Awards 2000
  The Mosaic Court Support Desk Project won one of the fifteen annual awards for innovative, dedicated work in the fields of povverty reduction and community development