Women's Crisis Centre
Love Russia supports the 'Warm House' Women's Crisis Centre. Here, women (and their children) can find refuge and support to overcome homelessness and poverty, receive rehabilitation from addiction and escape domestic violence.
The aim of this Christian-led crisis centre is to help women recover from trauma so they may confidently care for themselves and their children.
The need
In Russia, mothers who seek support for domestic violence or rehabilitation from addiction face a serious risk of their children being removed and placed in orphanages.
What makes this centre so special is its inclusion of children - coping with parenting is an essential part of a mother's rehabilitation.
This also saves many from the orphanage system.
In partnership
Love Russia partners with a strong team whose own life experiences make them the ideal people to help those still struggling in desperate life situations.
This project has grown dramatically during the years we have worked alongside the crisis centre team; in terms of both the building and facilities as well as the volume of women who have been helped to recover.
With Russia seeing some of the worst statistics of domestic abuse and addiction problems, the need for this centre is huge. Women travel vast distances to be here because this kind of help, is extremely rare.
What your donations do
Donations for the crisis centre contribute towards general running costs, food, medicine and children's educational needs.
Kiara's step-father was violent and her mum an alcoholic. At 16, her carers 'let her go' so she lived in college dorms with other abandoned teens where drugs and alcohol became regular pastimes. Her habits turned into addictions.
Pregnant by 17. She had no family to turn to and she could not stay at college. Homeless, she was desperate for change. Her baby was one month old when she was told about the crisis centre.
Kiara and her baby are now safe and supported. Counseling on hand and her basic needs now met, she has every chance of a new future.