About GoMaD

Our aim

for gomad

To have a place that affords people, young and not so young, to get off the rushing train of life and reset. That people can come to a lovely home in a beautiful setting (Koggelberg Biosphere) and make time and have the space to engage in a personalized process to think, engage, challenge and grow. Often it is in doing different things like hiking, snorkeling, surfing, adventure, photography, overlanding, “project serve” missions or just reading and resting.

Our vision

for gomad

We are old school with a youthful edge. We do not believe in telling. In all of human history no one has ever received being told how to do life well. We do hold to the idea that every person is a free agent and is free to choose without being coerced or forced. We also believe that that comes with reciprocal responsibility and accountability. 

Our mission

for gomad

When people leave here our desire is that people will feel they have been seen and heard. They have been taken seriously and have been challenged to think better and be better. We will facilitate and be a catalyst, taking 40+ years of working with people, especially young people, and be a guide on this part of your journey in life. 

There is a Great Proverb that Says:

“The way a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”

So, if you improve the way you thinketh you can improve the way you is-eth.
That is why we have established GoMaD. 

Our programs and activities and process all stem from a biblical worldview. People all come with unique situations and questions. Many of the questions have similarities and share roots so though a process is laid out it is only a skeleton onto which the individual value is paced.

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