
Women's Centre "Gulrukhsor" is crowdfunding
Weʼre raising £6,000 to keep the Centre's doors open and shelter beds available - to protect and help women victims of domestic violence in and around Khujand, TJ.
- Khujand, Tajikistan
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Women's Center "Gulrukhsor" is seeking urgent funding to cover the costs of running our shelter. The worst cases of violence are usually seen in the women staying in the shelter; women who have been raped and are facing severe health problems as a result, women who have been severely beaten, women who have suffered long term debilitating emotional abuse, women who are attempting suicide.
Over the last 7 months, for 80% of the time we have always had at least one woman staying in the shelter, and at times have had eight people at once, and in total 81 women and children. The costs for running the shelter are relatively small, just over $1100 a month. But it has a life changing impact on women’s lives. Many are literally transformed by the safety and refuge provided by the shelter and the care of the women who staff it.
2021 is the 25th anniversary of Public Organisation Women’s Center “Gulrukhsor”, based in Khujand. We are currently looking for funding of $14,000 to fund our shelter for a year. These funds don’t go towards to costs of running the office, they are dedicated to providing women victims of violence with essential refuge in times of crisis, and cover electricity, water, food, and personnel staffing the shelter.
In 2020 Women’s Center “Gulrukhsor” provided over 2000 consultations to women victims of domestic violence. All of our services are free of charge. We have a telephone hotline that is manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We provide social worker services, legal advice and psychological counselling, all free of charge. Our shelter has 3 dedicated bedrooms, and flexibility to expand to up to 8 rooms when needed; we are always ready to accept women when they need us.
Any funding that you would be able to provide us with would make a huge different to the lives of women in Khujand and the surrounding areas.
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4 months ago
Women's Centre "Gulrukhsor"
4 months agoDear supporters! Today is the first day of the international campaign "16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based violence. On twitter we have one story each day to share with you; who we are working with and how we help. You can see how the money that you have donated has made a huge impact on the lives of women and girls. Thank-you! Follow us for daily updates @sgulrukhsor The first post is out and you can find it here https://twitter.com/SGulrukhsor/status/1596079182525927424
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8 months ago
Women's Centre "Gulrukhsor"
8 months agoIf not for you, we would have closed. And since then we have saved a number of women’s lives. Now we’re asking for you to help us on our journey in becoming financially sustainable, to make us more resilient in the future to funding cycles. Please help if you can. Many thanks for the team at Women’s Centre “Gulrukhsor”
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8 months ago
Women's Centre "Gulrukhsor"
8 months agoThese increasing numbers are the result of our community outreach programme, which is ensuring that people know about our services and through different segments of the community are being referred to us. And it is also an indicator of the quality of our work. Feedback from those that have been helped by us encourages others to also seek help. Your previous donation supported us in a time of crisis. Literally due to your kind generosity we were able to stay open, pay our staff and our bills.
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Women's Centre "Gulrukhsor" started crowdfunding
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Carolyn Fletcher
Mar 7, 2023
£100.00
Carolyn Fletcher
Dec 6, 2022
Very glad to help
£100.00
Deborah Jones
Aug 22, 2022
Well done to all those who help the women when they are at those most vulnerable
£50.00
Anonymous
Aug 17, 2022
Keep up the good work!
Carolyn Fletcher
Aug 16, 2022
Glad to help you keep going with you much needed work.
£50.00
Anonymous
Oct 6, 2021
Anonymous
Aug 10, 2021
£180.00

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