Season’s greetings from ICBS.
Thank you for being part of a year of healing, resilience, and peace.

Wishing you a peaceful festive season and a hopeful New Year.

#16Days
"When I joined the sociotherapy group, we talked about safety, and I realised my home wasn’t safe." -Male participant

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#16Days
Preventing #GBV requires collective responsibility, and men play a vital role in this change. #CBS engages men in constructive dialogue, helping them reflect on harmful norms, build healthier relationships, and contribute to safer communities for women and girls.

#NoExcuse

#16Days
Addressing #GBV requires creating spaces where experiences can be safely expressed. In sociotherapy groups, women are guided through a supportive process that encourages dialogue, restores confidence, and empowers communities to recognize and address harmful practices.

#16Days #EndingGBV
Within Community-Based Sociotherapy, safety is the foundation of every group journey. Women can only begin to rebuild trust and process difficult experiences when they feel protected, respected, and free from judgment.
@unwomen.bsky.social @nlinrwanda.bsky.social

As we join the world for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence.
At @icbsconnect.bsky.social, we contribute to building peaceful communities, breaking cycles of violence, and rebuilding trust, dignity, and safety.

“Sociotherapy is not just sitting in a circle and talking. It’s a process, a journey of safety, trust, care, respect, and renewal.”

Read the story: icbs.ngo/circles-of-h...

#CBSForPeace #MentalHealthMatters #CollectiveHealing

In CBS, healing is guided by 7 core principles, applied in all 6 CBS phases, which shape safe, respectful spaces where every voice is heard and healing becomes possible.

#CommunityBasedSociotherapy #MentalHealth #MHPSS #Peacebuilding

Healing is a process, and #Sociotherapy walks communities through it, one phase at a time.
The Community-Based Sociotherapy approach offers a safe and structured journey toward healing, trust, and social restoration.

#Safety
#Trust
#Care

“CBS does not rely on external experts or distant systems; instead, it reconnects people with each other.......”

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#Sociotherapy #HealingTogether #SocialHealing #CommunityHealing #MentalHealthSupport #TrustBuilding #SafeSpaces

“I thought of ending my life before joining this group…”

In places marked by pain, CBS creates spaces where people find strength, safety, and each other again.
This story from Gulu, Uganda, reminds us that healing happens together.
Full story: icbs.ngo/the-power-of...

#CBS #MHPSS #PeaceBuilding