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Adolescence has always been a season of change. But growing up in 2026 brings pressures many of us never had to navigate...
21/08/2026

Adolescence has always been a season of change. But growing up in 2026 brings pressures many of us never had to navigate.

For adopted teenagers, this season can also bring new layers to questions about identity, belonging and their adoption story.

As parents, we won't always have the perfect answer. But we can learn how to stay open, curious and connected...even when the conversations are hard.

Growing Up Adopted is about equipping you for those conversations, while protecting the relationship that matters most.

Our first conversation starts this Monday, 24th August.

🎟️ Register via Quicket
📩 [email protected]

Women are so often celebrated for their strength. For carrying families. Holding things together. Showing up. Making a p...
12/08/2026

Women are so often celebrated for their strength. For carrying families. Holding things together. Showing up. Making a plan. Keeping going.

But during Women’s Month, perhaps we also need to create space for another truth:

Being a woman is hard.

At Arise, we don't always have the power to take things off the plate. Some of what women carry is complicated, necessary and, at times, deeply unfair. But we can create spaces where women can be honest about the load without immediately asking them to be stronger or cope better.

Sometimes support looks like acknowledging the plate is full and asking what can be moved, what can wait, what can be shared, and what might make life just a little lighter.

In 1956, more than 20,000 women marched because they refused to accept an unjust system as simply the way things were.Ne...
10/08/2026

In 1956, more than 20,000 women marched because they refused to accept an unjust system as simply the way things were.

Nearly 70 years later, that resistance still matters.

Women continue to carry the weight of gender-based violence, inequality, poverty and disproportionate responsibility for caregiving.

We can celebrate women’s resilience. But we cannot allow their resilience to make us comfortable with the conditions that require it.

Honouring the women of 1956 means continuing their work: refusing to accept what still needs to change.

Wathint’ abafazi, wathint’ imbokodo. 🇿🇦

Growing up is about more than getting older...it's about discovering who you are.For adopted teenagers, questions like "...
05/08/2026

Growing up is about more than getting older...it's about discovering who you are.

For adopted teenagers, questions like "Who am I?", "Where do I come from?" and "Where am I going?" often carry additional layers of identity, belonging, race, grief and life story.

That's why we're launching Growing Up Adopted: a new three-part online series designed to equip adoptive parents with practical tools, deeper understanding and renewed confidence as they navigate the adolescent years alongside their children.

🌿 Part One | Who Am I?
Identity, Belonging & Adolescence

📅 Monday, 24 August 2026
💻 Live Online

Whether you're an adoptive parent, prospective parent or foster parent, we'd love for you to join us.

🎟️ Book a single session or save with a full series pass.

https://www.quicket.co.za/events/388092-growing-up-adopted-an-online-three-part-series-for-adoptive-parents/

There is a conversation we don't have often enough.We celebrate strong women, but rarely stop to ask what it costs a gra...
03/08/2026

There is a conversation we don't have often enough.

We celebrate strong women, but rarely stop to ask what it costs a grandmother to become a parent again.

Many love their grandchildren deeply while carrying grief, financial pressure and responsibilities they never expected at this stage of life.

At Arise, we've learnt that when caregivers have space to lay down some of their burdens, their capacity to connect with the children in their care grows too.

This Women's Month, let's honour grandmothers not only for everything they carry, but by creating spaces where they don't have to carry it alone.

Future church leaders will walk alongside children and families through some of life's most difficult moments. The quest...
30/07/2026

Future church leaders will walk alongside children and families through some of life's most difficult moments. The question is: are we equipping them well enough?

Yesterday, we spent the day with Master's students in the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University, exploring South Africa's child protection landscape, the realities facing children today, and the practical responsibilities of churches in creating safe spaces for every child.

Too often, churches are willing but not equipped. Good intentions are important, but they need to be matched with knowledge, practical skills, and an understanding of the law.

That's why Children, Church & the Law remains such an important resource. It bridges the gap between faith, safeguarding, and practice...helping church leaders move from simply caring about children to confidently protecting them.

Because every child deserves a church that is safe, informed, and prepared to respond well.

📧 [email protected] for more info

What if we've been asking children to do something we haven't learned ourselves?Emotional regulation isn't taught throug...
27/07/2026

What if we've been asking children to do something we haven't learned ourselves?

Emotional regulation isn't taught through instructions. It's built in relationships.

Children borrow our nervous systems before they build their own.

That's why, at Arise, we invest in the adults around children. Because when adults grow, children don't just cope...they thrive.

Ever wondered if we've unintentionally placed too much responsibility on children?For years, resilience was thought of a...
23/07/2026

Ever wondered if we've unintentionally placed too much responsibility on children?

For years, resilience was thought of as something children either had or didn't have. Today, decades of research tell us something different.

Resilience grows through protective factors: safe relationships, supportive environments and adults who help children navigate adversity.

That changes our role.

If resilience is built in the context of relationships, then our responsibility extends far beyond helping children "be stronger." It means strengthening families, equipping professionals and creating communities where children can thrive.

That's why, at Arise, we invest in the people and environments that help resilience grow.

Perhaps the question isn't, "How do we raise resilient children?"

Perhaps it's, "How do we become the adults who make resilience possible?"

The most powerful lessons aren't always the ones we plan.As facilitators, caregivers, and helping professionals, our pre...
21/07/2026

The most powerful lessons aren't always the ones we plan.

As facilitators, caregivers, and helping professionals, our presence teaches just as much as our words. Role plays create opportunities to practise new skills, but their impact grows when we model the behaviours we're encouraging.

The real teachable moments, however, often happen off script - between activities, during transitions, in unexpected conversations, and in the raw moments when people feel safe enough to be authentic.

People may forget what we taught, but they'll remember how we made them feel and what we modelled.

Every moment is a teachable moment.
When we remain self-aware and present, every interaction becomes an opportunity to inspire growth.

Some places don't just teach you about history. They hold up a mirror to the present.This week, Robyn and I visited the ...
17/07/2026

Some places don't just teach you about history. They hold up a mirror to the present.

This week, Robyn and I visited the Nelson Mandela Capture Site.

We left reflecting on more than South Africa's past.

We found ourselves asking what justice requires of us today.
Walking through the museum was a reminder that our history was brutal. It was marked by violence, fear and deep injustice.

But woven throughout that story was something equally powerful: ordinary people who refused to believe that things had to stay the way they were.

The release of Nelson Mandela wasn't the end of that story. It was the beginning of a new chapter. The work of building a just, equal and compassionate South Africa was only just beginning.

Perhaps that's the question his legacy still asks of us.
Have we become so busy responding to today's crises that we've stopped imagining the South Africa we're trying to build?

At Arise, we see the consequences of poverty, trauma and inequality every day. But we also see something else: families who keep showing up, children who are incredibly resilient, and communities that continue to choose hope.

Real change has always taken generations. Ours is no different.

This Mandela Month, may we not only remember those who fought for freedom, but also recommit ourselves to the work of building the kind of country they believed was possible.

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