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LEAF is a national, non-profit organization committed to using the provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to promote equality for all women and girls.

A Safe and Protected Environment The shelter maintains a confidential address. Twenty-four Hour Crisis Intervention The shelter offers a 24 hour crisis line and is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A TTY line is available. Emergency Accommodation and Room and Board 27 beds are available for women and children. Meals, clothing and basic necessities are also provided Counselling Services for Abused Women Supportive counseling is available to women while they reside at the shelter. Staff and volunteers provide options and alternatives to aid women in making choices. An in-house support group meets weekly, offering an opportunity to discuss and learn more about abuse issues. Children’s Program Child and youth workers provide support to children & teenagers who come to the shelter with their mothers...many of whom have witnessed violence in the home. Child Witness Groups Assistance and support to children (Mom and Me Abuse Free)

We operate two shelters; Anselma House in Kitchener and Haven House in Cambridge, plus regional Outreach services and a regional 24/7 Crisis Line, for abused women and their children. With your generous donation, you will help provide a safe place free from abuse for women and their children and ensure that they have the necessary tools to allow them to move forward in a life free of violence. Women’s Crisis Services relies on community support in order to offset our funding shortage between the number of beds for which we are funded and the number of women and children we actually serve. This community support enables us not to turn women and children away who need to find refuge. We thank our supporters for enabling us to help the families we serve to move beyond violence. Making a donation will help abused women and their children find safety and support as they begin moving beyond violence.

WAVAW (Women Against Violence Against Women) Rape Crisis Centre is a non-profit organization that has been advocating for survivors of sexual assault, engaging with youth and providing sexual assault support services to women 14 years of age and older, in the Greater Vancouver area since 1982. Phone: (604) 255-6228 Fax: (604) 255-3579 24hr Crisis Line (604) 255-6344 WAVAW provides a 24hr Crisis Line, one-to-one and group counselling, accompaniment to police and hospital, court support, advocacy, outreach and education programs. We also offer a comprehensive volunteer training program.