The BSR Foundation hopes to bring relief to ninety children living with cerebral palsy, spina bifida and developmental delays.
Walvis Bay, Namibia (16 October 2025) – Later this month, a South African team from the Body Stress Release (BSR) Foundation will be running a pilot programme in Namibia, to bring gentle care to children living with disabilities.
The local non-profit started in 2019 to make the BSR technique accessible to people who would otherwise never experience it. The foundation runs outreach programmes in disadvantaged communities, schools and care centres, and also provides bursaries to train new practitioners at the BSR Academy in the Western Cape.
The Body Stress Release technique is based on the understanding that stress can get ‘stored’ in the body. It works by locating where that tension is and releasing it, in order for the nervous system to function more freely.
Practitioners gently test along the body, mostly around the spine, to locate where muscles are holding stress, by using the body as a bio-feedback monitor. Then, using light but specific hand pressure, they encourage those areas to release.
The technique doesn’t cure anything, but it’s believed to support the body in finding ease.
From 26 October to 5 November, the BSR Foundation team will travel to the Sunshine Centre in Walvis Bay, Namibia, where they will apply this relief-bringing technique on 90 children who live with conditions such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, and developmental delays.
The centre has been part of Walvis Bay since 1996; it offers therapy, meals, education, transport, and a space of love and acceptance to children suffering with disabilities. Over the team’s ten day mission there, 90 children will each receive three sessions.
To make it possible, the foundation is raising funds to cover travel, accommodation, and supplies via a BackaBuddy campaign. A donation of R250 sponsors one session, and almost R9000 has already been raised toward the R50,000 goal.
If you’d like to support, you can find the fundraiser here.
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