Simon Tambudzai was a perpetrator of domestic violence to his wife and to his children. Before he got married he drank alcohol and enjoyed a carefree living.

This did not stop when he got married such that he would not sleep at his home and sometimes would come home very late. This led to quarrels between him and his wife and eventually he would beat up his wife. He verbally abused his wife, telling her that she should not talk back to him because he had paid lobola to her parents.

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As for the children he would wake then up when he came home late and sometimes would beat them up to prove that he was the father of the house and could do whatever he felt like doing. The violence stopped after the visit by Padare Men’s Forum on Gender to his workplace and this changed his life for the better.

He is now educating other men on how to prevent Domestic Violence and to cope with the situation. He is also going around teaching people on ways to prevent HIV/AIDS. He is now living well with his wife and children and always includes his wife in decision making processes in the house. Simon no longer abuses his wife and children like before.