Crookwell CWA has joined with the Equanimity Project in a new ground-breaking Australian initiative that aims to both reduce domestic violence and alleviate homelessness among women.
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The Equanimity Project has created a unique training program where one woman at risk of homelessness can support another woman escaping an abusive relationship.
Founder and CEO of The Equanimity Project, Karen Levin, visited Crookwell on Friday, October 16, to thank the CWA for helping to launch the project with a $700 donation.
"This is the very first CWA in Australia to join with us, and we're excited and appreciative for their help," Ms Levin said.
Ms Levin, a survivor of domestic violence herself, said the launch of the pilot program alone will add thousands of room nights to the system each year, helping to solve the ongoing issues women face gaining access to safe accommodation, often in extremely stressful situations.
"The Equanimity Project aims to tackle the issues of domestic abuse and homelessness among women head on and will involve individuals, communities and corporations to become a part of the solution," she said.
"This ground-breaking program will not only protect and provide a safe environment for women escaping domestic abuse but enable women who may be at risk of fiscal and career stress, feeling lonely and displaced in society or at risk of homelessness themselves to become essential to the solution.
"Our nurture carers are special women hidden within their communities, who will play an exceptional role for another woman needing to remove herself from an unsafe situation while finding stability and sanctuary for herself.
"The best part is that these amazing women will be able to assist by taking a woman, a woman with a child and even a pet."
The Equanimity Project was held up by COVID and is now ready to emerge, run its pilot and then expand across Australia.
"We are asking corporations, community groups and individuals to support us so we can recruit, train and start safekeeping women in our society," said Ms Levin.
"The aim is to make domestic abuse and homelessness among women everyone's business and prove that communities can clearly become a part of the solution."
For more information or to donate, please visit https://theequanimityproject.org or call 0490 338 100.
