Raksha is participating in GAGives for Giving Tuesday. 

 

GivingTuesday is a day of global giving that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. This year Giving Tuesday is on November 30, 2021.

GAgives on GivingTuesday is the state's biggest giving movement, designed to connect citizens and nonprofits across the state. Our campaign on GAGives is live and open for donations!

 

Read on to see the ways you can donate and support!

 

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Why we need your help

 

The ongoing pandemic escalates risks and challenges for all survivors and their children. These challenges are compounded for immigrant and refugee survivors, whose unique circumstances (see box ✳) create hurdles on their path to recovery and expose them to re-victimization. Many Raksha clients are dealing with job uncertainty, evictions, delayed immigration relief, limited legal aid, court delays due to pandemic and limited access to services and safety.

 

✳ Unique challenges faced by immigrant and refugee survivors:

  • Destroyed/ stolen immigration documents
  • Financial dependency based on dependent visa status that leads to inability to work or leave an abusive situation
  • Inability to meet housing/ rental application requirements 
  • Lack of affordable and multilingual family law resources, leading to backlog in family law cases due to pandemic and
  • Barriers in accessing mainstream services such as language access, time limits or lack of cultural knowledge
  • Ineligible for economic relief/ stimulus packages
  • Not covered by eviction protection laws 
 

 

How donations help in providing financial assistance for critical survivor needs
(see 2021 Snapshot, right)

Raksha provides free, confidential support services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence and other violent crimes (click to learn more about our mission and work). However, as the ongoing pandemic continues throwing newer challenges for our clients, Raksha needs your help!

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