Big hearts and generosity
Women and children fleeing domestic violence and people experiencing homelessness are receiving much-needed assistance, thanks to donations from Catholic Women’s League branches around South Australia.
Women and children fleeing domestic violence and people experiencing homelessness are receiving much-needed assistance, thanks to donations from Catholic Women’s League branches around South Australia.
After learning of the urgent need for basic household items for women escaping abusive relationships, the Catholic Women’s League Next Gen group decided to see if they could help.
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Rising costs of living, a skyrocketing real estate market, coupled with the impact of domestic violence, are all contributing to an unprecedented number of calls from people asking for help from the St Vincent de Paul Society.
Regional communities will be mobilised to empower at-risk women and children under a new project to address domestic and family violence in response to COVID.
It was Russell Ebert who welcomed Centacare to Alberton in 2015 as Port Adelaide prepared to take a stand against domestic violence.
The heartbreaking death of Kobi Shepherdson in a murder-suicide at the Whispering Wall last month has highlighted yet again the shocking prevalence of domestic violence in our community.
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