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Women and children affected by violence in need

Cocon e.V. Frauenhaus Cocon
A project from Cocon e.V. Frauenhaus Cocon in Berlin, Germany
"Starthilfe" für die eigenständige Versorgung von gewaltbetroffenen Frauen und ihren Kindern als Überbrückung bis zum Bezug von eigenen finanziellen Mitteln UND Finanzierung der jährlichen Ostseefahrt

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About this project

Frauenhaus Cocon from Cocon e.V. Frauenhaus Cocon is responsible for this project
Our women's shelter offers protection and support to around 80 women and their children affected by domestic violence every year. For many women, it is the first step out of the violent relationship and they are often completely destitute when they arrive at our shelter. With the help of our social workers, they then apply for social benefits (social assistance, asylum seeker benefits, ALG 2) for the first time. However, these processes with the authorities usually take a very long time. They then have to bridge a long period without their own money. The situation is exacerbated for refugee and migrant women who have no or difficult access to social benefits, e.g. because they (still) have a residence restriction or an unresolved residence status.
However, the women have to provide for themselves and their children in the women's shelter alone and independently, as we can only offer accommodation and advice free of charge.  We are therefore dependent on donations, which we can pass on to the residents so that they can buy food and hygiene products or travel tickets for themselves and their children to bridge the time until they receive social benefits themselves. Sometimes this period lasts for months. 

In recent years, the number of women with a migration or refugee background among our residents has risen. At least 50 percent are dependent on this form of donation in (at least) the first month. We donate up to 300 euros per month to women with children for food and hygiene products. On average, half of the women we are able to take in are dependent on this. 

In addition, the women want to be able to buy themselves and their children something "special" for Christmas to bring some distraction and lightness into their otherwise difficult everyday lives and individual crisis situations. We would therefore like to give the women and children a gift voucher for this year's Christmas, which they can redeem individually in numerous stores.

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