Who We Are

Sinani is a Nguni (in IsiZulu) word which means “we are with you”. We started  our life as an organisation back in July 1994 and were registered as KwaZulu-Natal Programme for Survivors of Violence (PSV). We  celebrated 20 years of our existence in July 2014 the same year as South Africa celebrated 20 years of Democracy. The enabling environment ushered in by the democratic rule enabled Sinani to work under ‘better’ conditions compared to how civil society operated prior to SA’s democratic government.

Our work since inception have also ensured that Sinani contributes to the foundations of democracy by ensuring that there was greater peace and co-existence in communities where violence was a predominant way of dealing with political, inter-group and even domestic differences.

 Working with victims and perpetrators of violence has been part of our work since the organisation’s foundation. Through our strong group-based facilitation process, we have strengthened communities’ abilities to handle conflicts peacefully, to mitigate negative outcomes of AIDS deaths and preventing the spread of HIV. More communities have started their own community based organisations (CBOs) who are dealing with the ever increasing levels of poverty.

Sinani is proud of what we have achieved in our 29years of existence of accompanying individual groups and communities through difficult times.