About Georgina

Counsellor

I am a Xhosa speaking mother and have a daughter and a son. I was a volunteer at Thembalethu clinic and my main focus was to talk to pregnant woman explaining to them their antenatal card and the blood samples that were drawn. That is where my interest to work with people began. When FAMSA Outeniqua advertised the position of counsellor in 2001, I applied and my application was successful.

I started in 2001 as an HIV counsellor and later became an Adherence counsellor up until 2009. In 2010 I became part of the FAMSA office counselling team. I later had the opportunity to study social auxiliary work with the support of FAMSA. I have been with FAMSA since 2010 and I am still as happy as when I started. We are a team that is supportive and we have an open-door policy.

I enjoy working with people and the nice part of it is that you don’t know what the client is about to discuss, until you have that 1st session. My experience with my work is that you learn on a daily basis about people and their life experiences. What motivates me is that you are dealing with different challenges of clients and you also learn from their experiences.