Organization
Sakhi for South Asian Survivors Inc
New York, NYMission
Part 1: sakhi for south asian women's mission is to represent the south asian diaspora in a survivor-led movement for gender justice and to honor the collective and inherent power of all survivors of violence. We unite survivors, communities, and institutions to eradicate domestic and sexual violence and work together to create strong and healthy communities. Founded in 1989, sakhi was the first organization to break the silence surrounding gender-based violence within New York city's large south asian immigrant population.
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Website: http://WWW.SAKHI.ORG
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Phone: 2127149153
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Principal Officer: BEESHAM SEECHARAN
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EINEIN: 133593806
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Revenue: $6,305,420
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Expenses: $4,221,577
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Sakhi for South Asian Survivors Inc
New York,
NY
10008
Categories International Racial Equity
All Programs
Economic empowerment program (ee): the ee program seeks to provide financial stability and economic security to survivors of domestic violence from the south asian diaspora. Sakhi recognized early on the close links between domestic violence and economic control as well as self-sufficiency and the ability to make choices that enable safety for women and their families. Realizing the need for services aimed at improving survivors' economic opportunities, sakhi has provided skills-enhancement activities since the mid-1990s under the banner of the economic justice project. In 2001, our efforts were formalized under the economic empowerment program. We currently provide case management, workshops and trainings, and scholarships to women so that they can access public benefits, jobs, credit, banking, and other forms of support so that they can reach their goals of self-sufficiency and safety.
Anti-violence program: sakhi creates a safe place for south asian survivors who have experienced abuse. We affirmatively support all survivors of all genders, races, ethnicities, religions, sexualities, castes, or any other identity markers. We offer a full range of culturally-sensitive, linguistically-appropriate services including: crisis response, safety-planning, and ongoing emotional support; accompaniments, translation assistance and advocacy in court, during healthcare visits, and at public benefits and welfare agencies; weekly support groups; connections to counseling, low-cost or free health consultations and exams, public benefits, and shelter and/or housing. Each year, sakhi's advocates support over 450 south asian survivors of gender-based violence and their families with intensive one-on-one support and field more than 2,000 calls on our helpline
Housing program: sakhi's housing program helps south asian survivors of gender-based violence relocate to or remain in safe and stable housing through the following programs: housing counseling and advocacy: sakhi's housing program provides survivors highly personalized culturally and linguistically appropriate housing assistance. Sakhi's housing program manager and staff of multilingual economic empowerment advocates provide clients 1:1 counseling helping clients: find temporary shelter, apply for housing subsidies, find affordable housing programs, and access financial assistance for rent, utilities, security deposits, and moving costs. Emergency short-term housing: sakhi provides short-term emergency rental assistance (1-3 months) to help survivors in danger relocate immediately or to prevent eviction. Transitional housing :partially funded by major grants from the department of justice and housing and urban development, sakhi offers survivors (and dependents) up to 24 months of rental assistance in a fair-market apartment of their choice. In addition, sakhi provides help with relocation, safety measures, security deposit payments, and initial utility payments.