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SAFE–PR: Strengthening Local Responses to Domestic Violence
SAFE–PR (Strengthening Actors for Effective Preventative Response) is a MOSAIC-led initiative that strengthens local systems to prevent and respond to domestic and intimate partner violence (DV/IPV). Through coordinated, place-based collaboration, SAFE–PR works to ensure that protection orders protect and that survivors can access safety, care, and justice in their communities.
Understanding SAFE–PR
Explore how SAFE–PR works, who is involved, where the platforms operate, and why this coordinated, place-based approach is critical to improving protection, care, and justice for survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence.
About SAFE–PR
SAFE–PR (Strengthening Actors for Effective Preventative Response) is a systems-strengthening initiative led by MOSAIC Training Service and Healing Centre. It addresses domestic and intimate partner violence (DV/IPV) by strengthening how local systems work together to protect survivors.
SAFE–PR exists to ensure that protection orders protect, and that survivors can access safety, care, support, and justice in their homes, relationships, and communities. While South Africa has strong laws, these protections often fail at a local level due to fragmented systems and weak coordination. SAFE–PR bridges that gap.
How SAFE–PR Works
SAFE–PR operates through localised SAFE Platforms—community-based, multi-stakeholder hubs that coordinate prevention and response to domestic violence.
Each SAFE Platform:
Brings together duty bearers and first responders
Strengthens coordination across services
Improves referral pathways and accountability
Uses shared learning and data to drive action
The approach is grounded in Collective Impact, meaning stakeholders work towards a common goal through shared planning, continuous communication, and mutually reinforcing actions—supported by MOSAIC as the backbone organisation.
Who We Work With
SAFE Platforms bring together the people who survivors rely on most, including:
Police officers and community policing structures
Magistrates, court clerks, and justice officials
Healthcare workers and social workers
Teachers and school-based practitioners
Religious and traditional leaders
Civil society organisations and community volunteers
These SAFE Practitioners work across prevention, response, and long-term reduction of violence. By strengthening individuals and institutions together, SAFE–PR reduces gaps, delays, and harmful handovers within the system.
Where We Work
SAFE–PR currently operates six SAFE Platforms across South Africa:
Philippi
Mitchell’s Plain
Paarl
Heidelberg
Albertinia
Tshwane
These locations were selected based on:
High incidences of domestic and intimate partner violence
Existing justice, health, and social service infrastructure
MOSAIC’s established presence and community trust
Each platform is tailored to its local context, ensuring responses are relevant, practical, and community-owned.
Impact & Why It Matters
When systems are fragmented, survivors are retraumatised and denied justice. SAFE–PR transforms siloed responses into coordinated ecosystems of care.
Through SAFE–PR:
Survivors experience clearer, safer referral pathways
Protection orders are better implemented and enforced
Service duplication is reduced and resources are used more effectively
Duty bearers are better equipped to respond with care and accountability
Communities move from reactive crisis response to prevention
SAFE–PR strengthens the system so survivors don’t have to navigate it alone.
What Makes SAFE–PR Different
SAFE–PR goes beyond coordination for its own sake. It is designed to change how systems work together in practice.
- Place-based and localised: Each SAFE Platform is shaped by the specific context, needs, and assets of the community it serves.
- Systems-strengthening: SAFE–PR strengthens existing institutions and services rather than creating parallel systems.
- Collective Impact approach: Stakeholders work toward a shared goal through continuous communication, aligned action, and shared learning.
- Survivor-centred and trauma-informed: Responses are guided by dignity, care, and the lived realities of survivors.
By focusing on long-term, coordinated change, SAFE–PR helps communities move from reactive crisis response to prevention and accountability.
MOSAIC’s Role as the Backbone Organisation
MOSAIC provides the backbone support that enables SAFE Platforms to function effectively and sustainably. This role ensures that collaboration is structured, consistent, and accountable.
MOSAIC’s responsibilities include:
- Convening and facilitating multi-stakeholder SAFE Platforms
- Strengthening referral pathways and coordination between services
- Providing training, capacity building, and shared learning spaces
- Supporting shared measurement, reflection, and accountability
- Maintaining continuity and institutional memory within platforms
As a trusted organisation with deep community roots, MOSAIC ensures that SAFE Platforms remain survivor-centred, responsive, and grounded in human rights.
Get Involved / Partner With SAFE–PR
SAFE–PR is built on partnership. Change happens when people across sectors work together with shared purpose.
You can get involved by:
- Joining a SAFE Platform as a duty bearer, service provider, or community organisation
- Partnering with SAFE–PR to support prevention, response, or systems strengthening
- Collaborating on research, learning, or advocacy initiatives
- Exploring the establishment of a SAFE Platform in a new community
Whether you work in justice, health, social services, education, faith-based leadership, or civil society, your role matters.
Resources
Contact Us
Mitchell’s Plain Office
Cnr Pyrennes & Kilimanjaro
Tafelsig
Mitchell’s Plain
7785
+27 (0)21 397 3291
Philippi Office
Khanyisa Centre
Philippi
7785
Walk-In Centre
Paarl East Office
Paarl Magistrate Court
Cnr of Mark & Bergrivier Blvd S
Paarl
7646
Walk-in Centre
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