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Photo Caption: Scientology Volunteer Minister Luce-Lynne Fondling is replacing violence in the townships with help and humanity.<\/em><\/p>\n
Mitchel Plain was built in the 1970s for people forcibly removed by the apartheid South African government from areas set aside for \u201cwhites only.\u201d It is notorious for gang violence, substance abuse and poverty.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was always fighting,\u201d she says in a video on the\u00a0Volunteer Ministers South Africa YouTube channel<\/a>. \u201cI was always in fights. I was always, \u2018you can\u2019t tell me anything.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Then she met a Scientology volunteer and what the volunteer told Luce seemed to make sense.<\/p>\n \u201cHow do you know all these things?\u201d Luce asked her, and the volunteer introduced her to the Tools for Life\u2014a series of 19 free online courses.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I did the courses, I become a different person,\u201d says Luce. \u201cI know that I\u2019ve changed because when people attack me, I\u2019m like \u2018Hold on. I\u2019m not that Luce anymore.\u2019 And then they will approach me and say, \u2018Look here, what happened to you? Why are you so changed?\u2019 And then I share the 19 Tools.\u201d<\/p>\n Working in coordination with Scientology Volunteer Ministers African headquarters at Castle Kyalami in Johannesburg, Luce delivers seminars to community leaders to empower them so they know what to do.<\/p>\n A community activist who took part in the training says Luce\u2019s Tools for Life seminars are \u201cequipping those in my community so we can create a positive ripple effect. The goal is to break the cycle of poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes children are acting out, but you don\u2019t know why they are acting out,\u201d says the principal of an early childhood development center who attended Luce\u2019s seminar. \u201cTheir parents might be on drugs or they\u2019re using alcohol …. The Tools show us how to deal with these people.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a blessing for me to be part of this,\u201d says an intern assistant at the same center.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, change is possible,\u201d says a ward committee member who completed the 19 courses.\u00a0\u201cIt just depends on what I utilize [from these courses].\u201d<\/p>\n Luce says, \u201cthese Tools for Life really changed my life because I am now able to create the change I want to see around me without waiting for anyone. I can see it made a difference in my life. And I\u2019m sure it\u2019s going to make a difference in\u00a0everybody\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0life.\u201d<\/p>\n Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard developed the Tools for Life for the training of Scientology\u00a0Volunteer Ministers,<\/u>\u00a0which is\u00a0a religious social service sponsored by the Church of Scientology International.<\/p>\n Mr. Hubbard described the\u00a0Volunteer Minister<\/a>\u00a0as \u201ca person who helps his fellow man on a volunteer basis by restoring purpose, truth and spiritual values to the lives of others.\u201d Their creed: \u201cA Volunteer Minister does not shut his eyes to the pain, evil and injustice of existence. Rather, he is trained to handle these things and help others achieve relief from them and new personal strength as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Their motto is, no matter the circumstances, \u201cSomething\u00a0can<\/em>\u00a0be done about it.\u201d<\/p>\n Castle Kyalami<\/a>\u00a0serves as a home for the community and a nexus for all who share the goal of bettering the lives of individuals and strengthening communities across the region, nation, and all of Africa. Mr.\u00a0David Miscavige<\/a>, ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion, dedicated Castle Kyalami on New Year\u2019s Day 2019, reaffirming the vision of Mr. Hubbard that \u201cfrom Southern Africa will spring the next great civilization on this planet.\u201d<\/p>\n For more information on the Scientology Volunteer Ministers of South Africa, visit the\u00a0Scientology website<\/a>.<\/p>\n LEARN MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.scientologynews.org\/press-releases\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/films\/scientology-principles\/tools-for-life.html<\/a><\/p>\n MULTIMEDIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n VIDEO:\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/S5gGNaNHubw<\/a><\/p>\n
![https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/23-0301-s2p-cosllucelynne-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto Caption: Scientology Volunteer Minister Luce-Lynne Fondling is replacing violence in the townships with help and humanity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JOHANNESBURG, South Africa and LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 1, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Growing up in Mitchel Plain wasn’t easy, according to Luce-Lynn Fondling, a life skills coach and Scientology Volunteer Minister who works with community leaders, educators and both bullies and victims in schools. Drug dealers dominate her neighborhood. “There is violence everywhere,” she says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8949,"featured_media":88896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[608,18164,12804,142],"tags":[18214,16300],"class_list":["post-88906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion-news","category-africa-business","category-ap","category-world-news","tag-scientology-south-africa","tag-scientology-volunteer-ministers","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":3514,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8949"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/23-0301-s2p-cosllucelynne-300dpi.jpg\"){kind=link}