LOVE RUSSIA

Not all the women who arrive at the crisis centre are young to middle-aged women with children. Some have been thrust into poverty much later in life and become...

Meet Sofia, she is 42 and lives at the women's crisis centre with her two boys.

When we first met her, she was guarded and quiet....her harrowing story is fille...

The stories of homeless people are as varied in number as those experiencing it; and the men’s crisis centre sees examples of this every day.

Of the 20 men curren...

Sima & Masha are newly-weds with a new baby; such an exciting time of their lives! 

In reality, this time will be shrouded in struggle.
Both are orphans and have...

We hope you have enjoyed our series of blogs about the crisis centre over the past two months.We were so affected by the heart-wrenching stories we heard on our...

One of the mums we met on our visit to the crisis centre was Maria.

She shared just how much her life has been transformed through the centre’s work even after...

We met Kiara at the crisis centre; she's a very small girl with a big character! 

Kiara's dad died when she was four years old and her mum was an alcoholic. Sho...

On behalf of all those we work with in Russia, thank you to those who responded so generously to our ‘coronavirus response fund’ email and social media posts!

R...

Alongside women who find help at the crisis centre are their children...Meet Timothy.

Timothy grew up in a violent home. His mum was abused by his father. This me...