When discussing human rights, it's important for us to discuss the women's rights that go hand in hand with that. There are many shelter-related stories that promote what St Anne's is trying to do such as the fact that 60% of SA's families are fatherless leaving mothers to struggle and raise their kids. It needs to be known that more equitable costing is needed for operations of Women's Shelters. Gender-based violence shelters are severely underfunded and abused women and pregnant women struggle to find funds for their pre-natal needs. These are the issues that St. Anne's Home tries to solve.
St. Anne's is an organization dedicated to providing shelter and support for pregnant, abused, and homeless women with young children. Through holistic self-empowerment programs, they help women develop social, personal, creative, and vocational skills within a framework of Christian values. They have been able to support more than 14000 women and children with generous support from private companies, government, donors, and individuals from around the world. They want to provide the necessary stories, facilities, and support that let mothers and children live their fullest potential. We talked to Martin Gumbo about this.
In our interview we asked Martin about the services that St Anne's provides, how they ensure this holistic, mutual learning culture, and challenges that face women in these communities. Martin expanded abundantly about how they provide daily meals, clothing, and counseling for 4-6 months for these women. Afterward, they're moved to second homes and there are several different forms of abuse that they help these mothers will as well as empowerment programs. It's important to identify the trauma and lack of support that these women go through and you can learn more about the work that they do at https://www.stanneshomes.org.za/.
St. Anne's does accept volunteers, if interested or if you want to learn more about planning workshops, email info@stanneshomes.org.za.
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