Support Domestic Violence Survivors
Provide a distressed mother in Vietnam with psychological care, so she can start to overcome trauma and create a safe and stable life for her family.
To discuss supporting this project contact Johanna on +61 474 977 140 or jo@justpeoples.org
Domestic violence creates psychological trauma that is extremely difficult to overcome without professional support. Many women struggle to leave abusive relationships, and for those who do, unresolved trauma from gender based and sexual violence can negatively impact their own parenting, as well as their ability to work and move on with their lives. Despite a high prevalence of domestic violence in Vietnam, psychological therapy is out of reach for most Vietnamese people.
This project will provide emergency counselling for the most in-need women, whether they’re trying to leave an abusive relationship, or are learning to provide for their children as a solo mother. Each woman will receive 8 one-to-one counselling sessions with a Vietnamese psychologist. She’ll also join a community of GBV survivors where she’ll receive support and solidarity from other women with shared experiences, and have access to ongoing professional psychological support. Women will start to recover from their trauma, break the cycle of abuse, and rebuild safer, more stable lives.
Meet HONG
THE WOMAN Equipping SINGLE MOTHERS IN VIETNAM TO LIVE safely and CONFIDENTLY
Hong established the first and largest support group for single mothers in Vietnam with over 30,000 members. After becoming unexpectedly pregnant and then single over 10 years ago, Hong learnt firsthand about the stigma single mothers in Vietnam face, and she refused to put up with it. Hong now provides shelter, skills-training, counselling, maternity support, and does everything she can, to provide single mothers in Vietnam with what they need to become independent. Through her work she’s learned that it’s almost impossible to become truly independent and successful without first healing from deep trauma associated with gender based, sexual and domestic violence. More than 200,000 women and children are better off now because of her important work. Learn more.