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Catholic Entity’s Psychosocial Workshop in Eswatini to Build “resilience” amid New Crises

Some youth in Manzini Diocese at a recent meeting. Credit: Manzini Diocese

By Magdalene Kahiu

Manzini, 12 June, 2023 / 5:26 pm (ACI Africa).

The psychosocial support workshop that Eswatini’s Catholic Diocese of Manzini has organized aims at “building of resilience” of the participants, officials involved in planning the two-day training have said.

In a statement published June 10, the officials say the June 26-27 workshop to be held at Eswatini Catholic Centre, Manzini, has been necessitated by the increasing number of crimes, which show the people’s need for “psychosocial support”.

“The Catholic Church, through the Catholic Commission of Justice and Peace (CCJP) offers a capacity building Psychosocial Support Workshop aimed for church and community personnel to be able to offer support to members of the church and the community where the church exists,” CCJP officials say.

Psychosocial support, they say, contributes "to the building of resilience in the face of new crises or other challenging life circumstances."

The CCJP officials in Eswatini’s only Catholic Diocese acknowledge the fact that the people of God in the country that was formerly known as Swaziland are exhibiting signs of anger, which they say psychosocial support can help address.

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“Anger in a nation manifest itself in various ways summed up as social ills to mention but a few; gender-based violence, increase in sex crimes (rape, molestation, abuse, etc.), petty crimes, corruption in all levels, political intolerance more often than not resulting in heartless and brutal killing and assassinations of innocent lives, substance abuse and bullying. These factors and others all contribute to people's need for psychosocial wellbeing and support,” the CCJP officials say.

They explain, “When the individual aspects of wellbeing and wellness which include: environmental, physiological, social, spiritual, cultural, emotional, and mental are compromised, the lack and limited management of Mental health illnesses (depression, anxiety, panic, stress and fear), developmental disorders, disability, pain and suffering, and limitations in daily living become glaring and evident as it results to an angry and mentally fragile persons.”

Each Catholic Parish of the Diocese of Manzini is to send at least five members, including those involved in counseling work, to the two-day workshop. 

Magdalene Kahiu

Magdalene Kahiu is a Kenyan journalist with passion in Church communication. She holds a Degree in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Currently, she works as a journalist for ACI Africa.

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