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Your gift to Hope into Action will help give a vulnerable woman a home: a house and a church community ready to welcome them with friendship and support.

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  • Homeless/Refuge Homeless/​Refuge
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Religious Religious
  • Beneficiaries

    • General Public/Humankind General Public/​Humankind
    • Women & Girls Women & Girls
    • Other Other

    Situation

    We believe that homelessness is more than house-lessness and a key factor in overcoming homelessness is a supportive community. A lack of purpose, feeling judged, unaccepted and unloved are massive barriers for people who have experienced the trauma of homelessness. "I didn’t know what I was doing every day,” explains one of our tenants. “I couldn’t plan my week. I like to know what I’m doing. I was so stressed. I’d walk around the city and then at night I’d go and sofa-surf.”

    Solution

    We find people willing to invest in property which we turn into supported accommodation for homeless people. Each home for 2 or 3 people is linked to a local church who provide community support. Our tenants speak openly of struggles and recovery from trauma, violence, drugs and alcohol. The acceptance they receive helps them face up to reality and move on. ‘I was accepted but also I could tell them the truth and I had never found this before. They were helping the real me, not helping a lie.’

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    100%
    Categories

  • Homeless/Refuge Homeless/​Refuge
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Religious Religious
  • Beneficiaries

    • General Public/Humankind General Public/​Humankind
    • Women & Girls Women & Girls
    • Other Other