FAMSA Western Cape is a NPO (Non Profit Organization) committed to the building of sound relationships in “families” - in their various forms, and in communities. FAMSA’s core belief is that healthy and stable relationships promote healthy individuals, families & communities. FAMSA’s mission is therefore to support individuals, families, organisations, communities and society to build, restore and sustain functional relationships. FAMSA does this through providing relationship enhancing services such as counselling, educational programmes, training, employee support services and as well as through supporting communities through community development programmes. FAMSA aspires to making services accessible to all and therefore operates in many disadvantages areas throughout the Western Cape, working with communities to address issues such as family and relationship-breakdown, domestic violence & abusive relationships, HIV and AIDS, poverty and offering trauma support services. In many areas, FAMSA counsellors work with youth, offering counselling as well as workshops such as Male/Female Identity. Ultimately FAMSA believes in the value of family. Secure families provide a favourable environment where family members can develop to their full potential, develop positive identities and form a set of values that serve as a frame of reference for life. FAMSA recognises all forms of family & is non discriminative in terms of race, sexual preference, culture or religion.