. Ever increasing demand for services The demand for services for women had amplified over the past few years. That increase in demand had not been matched by an increasing number in NGOs providing services to women; in fact, the number of NGOs was dwindling. That put an increasing strain on the services and resources of the remaining organisations. The SBC noted that an impression was created that NGOs provided the services of government. As a result, law enforcement officials dropped victims of domestic violence and at-risk women and children at the Centre. In the past month (April 2011Would the past month not be February since you are reporting in March???) the SBC provided counselling services to between 400 and 600 women. On average, 30% of the clients needed intervention and social services for their children (in the form of social work intervention, psycho-education on children's rights and assessing the welfare of children experiencing domestic violence) and were often referred by the Department of Social Development. Many of the children had disciplinary and behavioural problems and were being abused physically, emotionally, and sexually. They were in urgent need of intervention. These children were referred to the Centre by the Department of Social Development. However, additional funding was not being made available by the Department for that additional service.