Project HAAROSA – Heartminders Initiative

Sexual violence touches all of our lives and Heartminders Action Against Rape and Other Sexual Abuse (HAAROSA), a sensitization walk, is a social efforts to combat rape and the chance to say NO! to sexual violence in our communities and help to draw attention to a serious social problem.

Rape could be spiritual or psychological. Rapists are either animals or devils. Rape victims should speak up. They should stop blaming or hating themselves throughout their lives and they should not end up committing suicide. It is not their fault.

We are creating awareness for gender-based violence. We are working to make people know that these things are real. People are not just cooking up stories on the internet. These things happen.

We are have this sensitization walk to make them know that if it happens to them, God forbid; we will take the case up for them.

HAAROSA also aims to:

Celebrate survival
Educate communities about the resources available in the aftermath of an assault.
To make visible what has historically been silenced and invisible
HAAROSA will also empower survivors, their friends, families and supporters, to break that silence by walking together on the streets against rape and distribute flyers

Indeed, it may be said that the problem is very close to crisis point, considering recent reports of cases where the victims were children and the elderly. There is no doubt that rape is a subject for sociological enquiry. Its magnitude is a sad reflection of a collapse of values. It would appear that time-honored morality is the ultimate victim.

But the matter is too grave to be left to philosophizing. Tackling it requires practical action, particularly in the areas of restraining laws and enforcement institutions. Ultimately, rape is a crime that should be punished with severity to underline its unacceptability.