Transcript Problem statement

Root cause #1 – our woundedness
Suppressed,
untreated social
woundedness
Individuals & communities
Examples:
unprotected sex;
violence; miners not
telling wives their
HIV status; teenagers
with multiple
children; alcohol &
drug abuse; not
taking ARVs/TB meds
apathy, selfdestructive
behaviour
People are clinically depressed;
imposed “solutions” add to apathy,
woundedness
Civil servants
wasting, looting,
deliberately
destroying
systems
Examples:
corruption; theft;
nurses treating
patients with lack of
dignity; sabotage of
monitoring systems;
strike – not allowing
patients to be
treated;
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