Whitehall generated, generic housing policy fails vulnerable
women already marginalised and disenfranchised by society. Existing mainstream
policy encourages a culture of dependence because it looks at the client’s
needs in isolation against a framework of benefit entitlements, rather than
self actualisation or empowerment.
It is a gradual and stressful transition from an existing
traumatic place, be it prison or an abusive relationship to another round of
refuges, hostels and unsafe, unsustainable accommodation culminating in the
client finally being in housed in a
residence a client can call home.
Kazuri’s approach is radically different and you can be part
of the process of recovery through community action. We need socially engaged
supporters to help us maintain the provision
of sustainable housing for every woman.
Your support will allow us to continue our work
Our Housing First model is deployed by assigning each woman
with a dedicated advocate, who works to empower the woman (and her family) to
reach her potential and achieve realistic goals.
Empowerment breaks the culture of benefits, violence, trauma
and crime. Our clients live productive lives as stakeholders in society and
they volunteer in local charities or social enterprises, to rebuild fragmented
broken bonds.
You can be part of that success story. Each woman can also avail
herself of the services of a mentor, a woman who has achieved some level of
success in her community, as she wishes.
It can be a long
journey and the advocate, the mentor and the Kazuri community will be there
every step of the way that takes investment from all involved.
So how do we do this
and how can you help?
Kazuri builds on the existing success working with women
ex-offenders, those on Local Authorities housing lists and women facing
homelessness through domestic violence, based on the Housing First model.
We need supporters to invest time, love, resilience, energy
and money! Investment goes beyond the
financial, time, awareness and support are just as valuable. This is aligned
with the holistic approach we adopt at Kazuri. Look at the whole picture and
you will see a place in that vision for yourself.
Details of our current crowd funding campaign, on Buzzbnk,
lists multiple ways to get involved and raise awareness of an innovative way to
reach the most vulnerable who are hardest to reach.
Look out for our next crowd funding venture, Devi Ghar
(Goddesses' Home), a fully serviced women's resilience centre offering
everything from holistic body treatments, trauma counseling and a women only
hotel.
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