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Impilo Academy
Protecting children. Empowering adults. Strengthening communities.
In South Africa, too many children grow up surrounded by gender-based violence, bullying, family instability, and the silent weight of vulnerability. The adults who care for them, whether in companies, schools, communities, or at home, often want to help but lack the practical skills and confidence to intervene early or create lasting safety.
Impilo Academy is here to help change this.
Impilo Academy is the training arm of Impilo, which has worked in child protection for more than 20 years. In partnership with Drilldown Reports, it delivers edutainment and onsite training programmes for companies, schools, communities, parents and children.
Courses equip participants with practical skills in GBV prevention, bullying intervention, childcare, support for vulnerable children and family resilience. Built on CBT and mindfulness skills, with NLP-based reflective exercises, content is adapted for South African contexts and high-pressure industries.
More than training, transformation. You gain tools for safer workplaces, stronger families and resilient communities.
The Impilo app
Impilo Academy courses and resources are moving to the Impilo app.
Our programmes
Men Foundations
Our foundational programme, created to help South African men notice when something is not right, pause long enough to choose a helpful step, and reach out for support the same day, such as calling a helpline or talking to someone they trust. Ten short episodes, set in ordinary South African moments, with optional practical exercises, such as mindfulness and ways to work with unhelpful thoughts and habits, for adult workplace and community training. Educational resource only — not medical or psychological treatment. Now available in the Impilo Academy app.
Open the Impilo Academy appResilient Families, Safer Workplaces & Communities
One practical day to equip parents, teachers, teams and community leaders with skills to recognise early signs of GBV and stress spillover, intervene safely using the 5 D’s Upstander Framework, respond to disclosures with care, believing and supporting the person, and build protective norms that strengthen South African families and safeguard children.
Learn moreGBV Foundations
A culturally intelligent, 12-module GBV Foundations series for banks, with photorealistic AI-generated videos and practical CBT and mindfulness tools, with NLP-based reflective exercises, that equip tellers to executives to prevent, recognise and respond to gender-based violence while honouring our nation’s rich diversity, designed to support real organisational change.
Learn moreBanking GBV Programme 2
Practical, trauma-informed training that equips every level of South African banking staff to recognise GBV, bullying and coercive control, intervene safely as skilled upstanders, respond supportively to disclosures, and build psychologically safe team cultures that protect colleagues and strengthen families.
Learn moreImpilo Mining Communities Child Protection Programme
Empowering South African mining communities through the Impilo programme by preventing gender-based violence, protecting vulnerable children, and strengthening families with culturally grounded support, supporting safer, more respectful workplaces and resilient futures.
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Need help now?
Drilldown Reports and Impilo Academy are not crisis or counselling services. These services can help you right now:
If you are in immediate danger, call the police on 10111, or 112 from a cellphone. Ambulance: 10177.
- GBV Command Centre: 0800 428 428 (toll-free) · for a call-back, dial *120*7867# · SMS 31531 (for persons with disability)
- SADAG Suicide Crisis Helpline: 0800 567 567 (24-hour, toll-free)
- LifeLine Gender Violence Helpline: 0800 150 150
- LifeLine national counselling line: 0861 322 322 (24/7, shared-cost call)
- Childline South Africa: 116 (24/7, free from all networks)
Numbers checked on official sources on 1 November 2026. More support, laws and resources