By Natalia Sanin | Project Leader
Dear friend, I hope you are healthy and well.
I am writing to tell you about how your contribution has helped 31 Colombian women, between 23 and 64 years old. These women came to the Patronato Foundation because they are mothers of children we serve. Some of them have suffered physical, verbal, psychological, economic, and sexual violence. Others came to us because they have had many changes and affectations on an emotional level due to the pandemic.
Most of them are mothers or "housewives". Some of them worked independently or informally but the pandemic affected their income.
Stress, lack or loss of income, isolation, and having children at home without going to school can exacerbate domestic violence or stressful situations within the family.
It is through contributions like yours that we have been able to provide both group and individual psychological therapies with qualified professionals, offering techniques that help reduce domestic violence in times of coronavirus and help manage emotions to reduce the stress that the quarantine, lack of income and isolation generates.
Thanks to your kindness, the women were able to strengthen knowledge, skills and strategies in areas such as: guidelines, parenting models, establishment of limits, bonds, patterns and family structures, life skills, life project, self-love, grief, tools for resolution of conflicts, recognition of the various types of abuse and violence that affect women and children. Also, they learned the main routes of care and prevention of these cases, acquiring tools to act appropriately in the face of these violations.
From April to December 2020, we were able to carry out 19 virtual and 14 face-to-face workshops, for a total of 33 group work sessions, in addition to 180 individual psychological therapy sessions, which represents 246 hours of direct intervention.
During 2021, we want to continue working for many more women and mothers of our beneficiaries and with the support of the GlobalGiving community we are sure of achieving it.
I thank you on behalf of the Patronato and I wish that this good deed is returned in spades!
Greetings and have a wonderful, beautiful, productive day,
Natalia
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