FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The Basics
What is the End GBVF Movement?
We are a growing coalition of frontline workers, community activists, and system leaders done waiting for top-down bureaucracy to fix the system. We translate the National Strategic Plan (NSP) on GBVF into rapid, aggressive, and measurable local action — not more meetings, not more reports. Action.
What is a 100-Day Challenge?
A 100-day, high-intensity sprint where a local team targets one specific, broken part of the GBVF response system. Instead of a 5-year plan, the team sets an ‘unreasonable’ goal, bypasses traditional red tape, and tests out-of-the-box solutions to deliver real results — fast.
Who actually does the work in a 100-Day Challenge?
The frontline doers. The people with calluses on their hands. Teams are made up of real police officers, nurses, prosecutors, court clerks, and local NGO workers who interact with survivors every day. Bosses and senior management are intentionally kept off the core team — so frontline experts lead the change.
How is this different from a normal project?
Normal projects count activities — meetings held, reports written. 100-Day Challenges measure Survivor Impact — how much faster a survivor got justice, how many vulnerable students are actively protected. We also destroy the silo mentality: SAPS, Health, Justice, and NGOs work as one single unit.
Get Involved
How can I support a local Challenge if I don’t work in government?
You don’t need a government badge. Be part of the 100-Day Challenge team in your location or donate 2–3 hours of your ‘Pro-Bono Superpower’ — graphic design, data analysis, legal advice. Financially sponsor a local Coach’s training. Offer physical resources like a boardroom or printing. Visit the Ways to Support page and jump in today.
How do we apply for the 100-Day Challenge cycles?
Head to the Applications page to find the detail of the learning programme. Gather the support of senior leader willing to give you and a 100-Day team the Space learn and innovate.
We have done a 100-Day Challenge before and are now doing on independently. Should we still register?
Absolutely. If you are doing the heavy lifting without our support, you are the true local champions. Registering your independent 100-Day Challenge puts your grassroots impact on the national map, links your work to the broader grid, and lets other communities learn from your breakthroughs.
How can I support the End GBVF Movement more broadly?
Champion existing frontline teams in your area. Share stories of local breakthroughs in your networks and local media. Advocate for the 100-Day approach to leaders in your circles of influence. Sponsor or recruit local leaders to be trained as Coaches.
The Methodology
What are the three unusual behaviours these Challenges unlock?
Intense Collaboration — breaking down silos so frontline doers across departments and NGOs work as one unit. Rapid Innovation — bypassing standard red tape and experimenting with rule-bending ways of working. Disciplined Implementation — ‘sweaty ownership,’ where the team builds their own plan and takes radical personal accountability.
Who are the 100-Day Challenge Coaches?
Coaches are the ‘Master Weavers’ of the sprint. They are local facilitators trained to guide frontline teams through 100 days. They don’t do the work — they hold the tension, push the team to set uncomfortable goals, enforce accountability, and refuse to let the project slide back into slow bureaucracy.
What does a 100-Day Challenge Strategist actually do?
The Challenge Strategist (often acting as the Sponsor) are not the frontline doers; instead, they are the senior leaders, VIPs, or steering committee members who sit higher up the chain. Their primary job is to act as the bridge between high-level policy and grassroots implementation. Instead of micromanaging or acting as a traditional project manager, the Strategist focuses on empowering the team and clearing the path for them. They empower and get out of the way.
What is a Convening Organisation?
A locally based institution — a municipality, court, Office of the Premier, TVET College, or university — that officially hosts a 100-Day Challenge within its system and invite other partners to collaborate with them on a Challenge. They provide the leaders to be trained to coach and facilitate the 100-Day Challenge sprint.
Learning and Training
How does the Coach learning journey work?
It’s a hands-on, 20-week journey — not a lecture hall. Officially accredited by North-West University (NWU), it starts with an intensive onboarding session, moves into a live 14-week sprint, and is supported by weekly bite-sized guides via WhatsApp, weekly Zoom Office Hours with master facilitators, and practical assignments based on your team’s real-world progress. You graduate with an NWU certification and a Portfolio of Evidence showcasing your impact.
What is the GBVF 101 module and how do I access it?
The GBVF 101 module ensures everyone working in collective action shares a common understanding of the context, the complexity, and a shared language — moving closer to the goal of ‘causing no harm.’ Enrol directly at www.endinggbvf.org for full access to all lessons.
Head to the Learning Material page to access the GBVF 101 module, download the 100-Day Challenge Start-Up Kit, and get other free resources.
Proof and Impact
Does the 100-Day Challenge approach actually work?
Yes. Across the country, 100-Day teams have cleared years-long court backlogs, dramatically cut turnaround times for DNA processing, and established fully functioning safe rooms with zero national budget. This isn’t theoretical — it’s happening right now.
Are the targets real, or just tick-box exercises?
Zero tolerance for box-ticking. Every goal must be a SMURF goal — Specific, Measurable, Unreasonable, Relevant, and Fast — and must measure a direct shift in the lived reality of a survivor. Hosting a 2-day awareness workshop doesn’t count. Cutting waiting time for emergency counselling from 3 weeks to 48 hours? That counts.
Can I see what teams in my sector have achieved?
Yes. Go to Impact Stories and filter through the 2022–2025 Galleries. See exactly how TVET Colleges made campuses safer, how Municipalities integrated their social services, and what your sector’s frontline teams have already proven is possible.
Replicate and Advocate
Our local court has a massive case backlog. How did other teams fix it?
By working as one unit instead of pointing fingers. Previous teams slashed backlogs by bringing SAPS investigators, prosecutors, and court clerks into the same room — and creating rapid-response systems (like secure daily WhatsApp check-ins) to track bottlenecks in real-time. Head to our Reducing Case Backlogs page for the exact steps.
Can we use blueprints from previous teams to set up hotlines or Victim-Friendly Courts?
Absolutely — we insist you steal them. The point of this movement is to stop reinventing the wheel. If a local clinic set up a fully functional Victim-Friendly Room with zero budget, take their blueprint and run with it. See Establishing GBVF Hotlines and Creating Victim-Centred Courts for field-tested strategies ready to adapt.
I want to pitch this approach to my local GBVF forum. What do I use?
Everything you need to hijack the agenda at your next meeting is on the Media Pack page. Download one-page explainers, animated videos, and slide decks. You don’t need to be an expert — hit play on the video and let the results speak for themselves.
Can we copy the strategies from the Impact Stories for our own district?
YES. Copy, paste, adapt, and improve them. These are not feel-good PR articles — they are battle-tested playbooks written by frontline doers who cracked the code. Don’t wait for permission or a massive budget. Take their ideas, find your local bottlenecks, and launch your own rapid-action sprint.
