Themba Lesizwe, a South African Network of Trauma Service Providers with more than 100 NPO affiliates, has awarded R6.5mn to 60 crime and violence empowerment projects. Organisations were awarded grants of between R50 000 and R200 000 for research, improving accessibility of trauma counselling and mental health services in poor communities, raising public awareness about violence and abuse, and training of volunteers and frontline workers in trauma management.