On Saturday, we were delighted to have been a part of Kinetic Root Services first trauma campaign awareness day with our founder Abi Begho giving a presentation on how trauma affects physical and mental health.

Kinetic Root Services is a service for black women who have been through a traumatic experience and empowers them to heal and move forward by facing their experience, understanding themselves, dealing with the past and letting go of the negativity surrounding their traumatic experience. They achieve this through a programme of workshops, led by a trained counsellor. These workshops provide practical advice and support on how to deal with the effects of trauma.

Saturday’s trauma awareness campaign day was organised to introduce the black community to the services that Kinetic Root Services offer but to also raise awareness and educate the community on trauma, its causes, effects and the solutions.

The event was hosted by Michelle Yaa Asantewa who started the event with a brief introduction setting the scene for the day. We then heard from Abi Begho who gave a brief introduction on trauma, what it is and then discussed how trauma affects our physical and mental health and  then touched on how we can deal with the health issues associated with trauma.

Next we heard from Nyasha, the founder of Kinetic Roots services. Nyahsa focused specifically on the causes of trauma discussing some of the events and situations that can lead to trauma. Nyasha also spoke about the work that her organisation is doing to support women and mentioned their upcoming taster workshop which will be held on Wednesday 27^th April from  6:45pm – 9pm at the ANKH Wellbeing Centre in Shepherds Bush. For more information call 07746260258

The event ended with a very moving talk from Mojana who shared her personal experience with trauma, how she overcome the effects of trauma and what she believes the solutions are.

This was a really informative and interesting day and we are very grateful to Nyasha from Kinetic Roots Services for inviting us to take part in the event. We look forward to future events and applaud KRS for all the work they’re doing in our community.