Sentences with phrase «women and children fleeing»

The national foundation is dedicated to supporting shelters for women and children fleeing violence across Canada, and originally committed to donate $ 1 million over the three years since its inception in 1998 — a target that has already been far exceeded.

Formed in 1998, the foundation had pledged to donate $ 1 million to support shelters in our local communities for women and children fleeing violence.

Proceeds were directed to local shelter YWCA Harbour House in support of women and children fleeing domestic violence.

Nova House provides safe shelter, information, emotional support, assistance, education and advocacy for women and children fleeing violence at home.

«Realtors are proud to be a part of making sure that women and children fleeing violence and abuse in Elgin County have a safe place to go,» said Arnott, «somewhere with enough room to take them in and care for them and help them get back on their feet.»

The funds were directed to the Powell River Transition House, an organization that provides safety to women and their children fleeing violence as well as counselling, helpline support and community referrals.

Attendees gave generously, donating just over $ 3,000 for the cause, all of which will benefit the YWCA Arise Shelter, which offers a caring home, counselling and support to women and children fleeing abuse.

The money raised will go to women and children fleeing domestic violence across Canada.

The Calgary Real Estate Board Charitable Foundation has contributed $ 500,000 toward the Building for Liberty capital campaign for the Brenda Strafford Society's housing initiative, which will provide new support for women and children fleeing domestic violence.

The event raised $ 12,507 for Saskatoon Interval House, a shelter providing a safe haven for women and children fleeing domestic violence.

All the funds raised will support YWCA Harbour House, a 24 - bed crisis shelter for women and children fleeing abusive relationships.

Assisted in providing a safe, proactive and productive residential environment for women and children fleeing from domestic violence.

Yes to a decent refugee policy that provides a home for desperate men, women and children fleeing war: immigrants and refugees helped to build this country, and will continue to do so.

Not exact matches

Horgan committed to making things better for survivors of sexual violence and for those fleeing abusive homes by making sure crime prevention dollars go to deliver much - needed services that keep more women safe, improving public policy, directing more funding to provincial and community based programs that directly serve women and children, and increasing funding to violence prevention and intervention programs by $ 8 million a year.

They are extremely vulnerable families, women and children who are fleeing for their lives.

When ISIS snipers shot at women and children as they tried to flee Fallujah, after holding the city hostage, those fleeing were Sunni Muslims.

In Revelation 12:6 the woman who had borne a male child that would rule all nations fled into the wilderness and was nourished there for 1,260 days.

These women have endured more in their lives than I can even imagine: they left everything to flee ethnic cleansing from the junta in Burma, ended up in refugee camps marked by extreme poverty and hopelessness, and then moved their families to this new country so their children can have education and a future.

Bayern Munich have announced that they are setting up a special training camp for refugees, offering meals and German lessons for fleeing men, women and children.

It is AMAZING to me that a woman can choose to KILL her unborn child because she doesn't want responsibility... but a woman who desires to flee from the environment in which she (and quite possibly her baby) was traumatized and has a tragedy occur... then she's just a negligent murderer.

Ms. Mark - Viverito, a native of Puerto Rico who has built a broader profile in part by focusing on immigration reform issues nationwide and in the city, said the policy would target women and children who were fleeing «horrific violence» at home.

His government had already sent more aid to the region, and this was now joined by a commitment to resettle 20,000 men, women and children who had been forced to flee to neighbouring countries.

At 2 p.m., U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will tour Women In Need (WIN) facility with WIN CEO Christine Quinn along with other elected officials and will meet with children and families who have fled domestic violence.

First, on Tuesday, we were welcomed to the Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Centre to present our Parenting and Family Law pilot training to a group of more than 25 professionals who serve women fleeing abusive relationships: counsellors, social workers, advocates, child and youth workers, and more.

We are a nation of laws, yet we do not provide legal support in any comprehensive way for the millions of people who can not afford a lawyer when they really need one — victims of natural disasters, battered women, children fleeing persecution in their home countries, and many others.

Haven Society is a Nanaimo - based organization offering sanctuary to women, children, and families fleeing domestic violence and abuse.

Since its inaugural walk in Fredericton in 2012, this event has now raised more than $ 78,000, all of which is directed to Fredericton's Women in Transition House, a secure home for women and their children who are fleeing aWomen in Transition House, a secure home for women and their children who are fleeing awomen and their children who are fleeing abuse.