Lefika is based at the Children's Memorial Institute in Gauteng. Since 1994, Lefika has responded to the impact of trauma and loss associated to apartheid, HIV and AIDS, violence and socio-economic disparities. Lefika's primary objective has been to create accessible mental health services in under resourced communities.This has been achieved by building capacity through training community arts practitioners, artists, educators and mental health workers in creative analyticgroup work, bringing together arts therapy approaches, trauma work and group practice. Through specialised skills development within a HWSETA accredited training programme, Community Art Counsellors are able tofacilitate community outreach projects in and around the inner city of Johannesburg, in rural areas - in schools, hospitals, community centres, NGO's etc. Responding to International social justice and psychosocial mentalhealth needs, Lefika now reaches communities across South Africa and abroad.