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On 27th and 28th June 2019 were eventful days for us at Soulace aAfrica.  We had earlier celebrated at Ojoo Cantonment with veterans’ widows on the 23rd June in a event marking  international widow’s days.

We cap the month with our ground breaking 2 days PTSD Awareness Campaign. The event was designed to Demystify and Destigmatize people living with PTSD.

The event was attended by top Ranking officers of the Nigeria Police and the returnees of the Nigeria Army from the War torn North East Nigeria.  It was   submitted at the event that we should run similar workshop with soldiers wives who are belived to be at the receiveing end of the ‘residue of war’

Thank you our partners. Productive life Experience Advancement Centre and other individual and organisation that make this outting a success.

We are delighted as our organization Soulace Africa and her activities graced a colunn of the Kanthari Institute of Social Changemakers 2nd quarters 2019 edition.

Kanthari is a leadership development Institute in Souther India. For details of this story kindly follow the link below.

http://media.kanthari.org/pdf/en/QN2-2019.pdf

One of our cardinal objectives of our organization is the advocacy and awareness campaign against Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Otherwise called residue of war.

Journal of Psychiatry described PTSD as One major mental health effect of conflict is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is an anxiety disorder which consists of a syndrome that develops after a person sees, is involved in, or hears of an extreme traumatic stressor.

The person reacts to this experience with fear and helplessness, persistently relieves the event, and tries to avoid being reminded of it. The disorder usually develops within weeks, months or even years after the occurrence of the traumatic event.

Symptoms of PTSD can include nightmares and flashbacks, insomnia, lack of concentration, and feelings of isolation, irritability and guilt. PTSD is an ailment that Community predisposed to extreme violence are faced with long after exposure to violent condition.

Globally,June is PTSD awareness month and Soulace Africa is not taking a by-standing position. We are in full swing on Advocacy in support of people affected by PTSD our resident city. Since the beginning of June, we have commenced rigorous public enlightment via our social media pages and also engage people in our society.

To cap this year event, Soulace Africa in collaboration with Productive Life Experience Advancement Centre and support of Mentality Aware Nigeria Initiative, Elicit Coaching Company and a host of counsellor within and outside Ibadan Oyo state Nigeria has organised a 2 days sensitisation workshop and campaign to the doorstep of the Nigeria Police, Oyo State Command and the Division 2, Headquarters, Nigeria Army Ojoo, Ibadan on the 27th and 28th June respectively.

This two days intensive workshop is designed to Demystify the ailment, destigmatized people living with PTSD while pointing participants to available treatment regimen. Statistics shows that 32% of the men of the Nigeria Armed forces suffers varying level of symptomatic PTSD.

While speaking about the event, our founder said this ground breaking workshop will in the future propose a bill in support of inclusion for people affected by PTSD in Nigeria as it were in better part of the world.
Speaking, Soulace Africa founder thank the authority of the Nigeria Army 2 Division Ibadan and the Oyo state police command for this welfarist collaboration that is made happened by the medical services of these institution.

One of the very interesting thing at the base of our organisation is the community orientation. Our intervention and operations is pivoted on this concept. We create and run through community.

Community is where the real empowerment takes place. When people come together great things happen. This is why a chapter of Soulace survivor Network will be kicking off at Odogbo barrack soon.

People with common problem most often have common solution . And when this is giving back chance this makes our work simple. We simply spark the change from within.

One of the grievious consequences of neglecting Communities affected by extreme violence is their predisposition to future violence either by way of retaliation or simply a product of inherent implosion.

No conflict leave people the same. Every conflict is a bedrock for another conflict. Only access to social justice checkmate the spiral of conflict. In Nigeria, children million of children and women have suffered different shades of the effects of violent conflict.

We must advocate, support, rehabilitate them to forestall unending cycle of conflict. This is our reason for restorative justice advocacy with community affected by war and violent conflict in Nigeria. Soulace Survivor Network ®Soulace Africa UNESCO Regional Office Abuja U.S. Embassy Nigeria Christ Embassy/ Oyakhilome Germany Embassy @