<p><strong>The woman</strong><br />Barbara was a housewife committed to running her home, looking after her husband and raising her two small children. One day she heard about a campaign urging people to take a stand against rape and asked herself, "If my daughter or I were ever raped, who would help us ? "Dismayed at the answer she came up with and increasingly aware of how little was being done to aid victims of sexual abuse, particularly children in rural areas, she made the decision to do something. After meeting with a number of rape survivors, hospital staff, the police and concerned Nelspruit residents and counselors, she set up The Greater Nelspruit Rape Intervention Project.</p><p><strong>Her fight: « GRIP »</strong><br />Barbara raises funds so she can offer HIV testing and anti-retroviral drugs to rape survivors who don't have medical aid. If taken within 72 hours, these drugs can protect the survivor from contracting HIV.</p><p><strong>What about now?</strong><br />GRIP is presently involved in a lengthy court battle with the Mpumalanga Health Department.</p>
