In Ontario, November is Woman Abuse Prevention Month.
To assist increase consciousness and assist those that have been affected by gender-based violence, the Chatham-Kent Ladies’s Shelter held its inaugural Shine the Gentle occasion.
“The Shine the Gentle Occasion serves as an important platform to light up the heartbreaking realities confronted by ladies and youngsters fleeing intimate associate violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking,” mentioned the CEO of Chatham-Kent Ladies’s Shelter, Karen Hunter. “We’re honored to create an area the place private tales of braveness and resilience are shared, empowering ladies and youngsters to seek out security, therapeutic, and look in the direction of to a brighter future.”
In an effort to assist, Ladies United, a philanthropic community inside United Approach, has donated $20,000 to the Chatham-Kent Trauma Assist Program.
The Chatham-Kent Trauma Assist Program, which is run by the Ladies’s Shelter, provides providers that handle the distinctive wants of ladies and youngsters who’ve survived bodily, emotional, and sexual abuse.
Lorraine Goddard the CEO of United Approach Windsor-Essex Chatham-Kent mentioned the group is honoured to assist this program.
“Collectively, we are able to create a safer, extra supportive neighborhood the place survivors can discover hope and the assets they should rebuild,” Goddard added.
