Courage to Hope helping people find new beginnings

Never mind that domestic violence is twice as prevalent in Ukraine as it is in the US. Never mind that there are 6 times as many deaths due to domestic violence in Ukraine per capita than in the US. Never mind the fact that the biggest shelter in the country only has $90k/yr to support a shelter, classes, legal fees, food and staff.

Take away all that and why would we help?

Because Ukraine isn't Africa or the Middle East where our assistance isn't as easily implemented and it isn't Europe where there is governmental infrastructure to support shelters. Ukraine is developed enough to accept assistance, but it is not economically progressive enough to provide it itself. There are shelters, but they aren't funded. There are programs, but they can't run. There are people, but they can't be supported.

Let us help Ukrainians help their people. Not through the government. US AID tried; the money never got to the shelters. Not on our own; other organizations have built shelters, and they soon were abandoned. We don't want to go from the top down or the bottom up--we are working directly with the women and children in the shelters to provide programs directed, developed and devised by the people of Ukraine for the people of Ukraine.

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Prize list updated!

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Ok everybody, we have our list of giveaway prizes for our 12 Giveaways of Christmas fundraiser! Remember, all you have to do to win one of the prizes is like us on Facebook and donate at least $15 on the day specified. And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for! Here are the prizes, […]

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Christmas Giveaways

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We’re excited to announce the 12 Giveaways of Christmas fundraiser! It’s a fairly simple concept – donate money and get entered to win prizes – but we think it will be a lot of fun. The really exciting part is that if we reach our fundraiser goal of $2,013 by December 24, we’re giving a […]

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New Site Design

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We are extremely excited to unveil our new site! A lot of work went into the design of this site, and we think it will make the donation process much simpler and more intuitive. Thanks everyone for all of the support that you’ve given us over the years! Also, stay tuned for announcements about our […]

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New Book “My Whispers of Horror” Launches

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My Whispers of Horror Olga and Chris Brine, of Brine Publishing (links to their stuff is below), just published a book called My Whispers of Horror. It’s a book chronicling several Eastern European women and their personal stories of domestic violence. I immediately picked it up (and I highly recommend that you do as well). […]

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The Important things in Life

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In 2010, after 17 months of fundraising, 100+ donors, 50+ volunteers, 27,000 miles traveled, 19 ATM withdrawals and 1 sacrificed faux Jimmy Choo purse (traveling casualty)…the Center for Women in Kiev, Ukraine, finally received funding for 3 new programs and 2 specialists serving 7,000+ victims of domestic violence. Courage to Hope made similar contributions to […]

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A Post About Birthdays

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Some of you may be aware that we (Courage to Hope) just launched a campaign to allow people to donate their birthdays to Courage to Hope. The concept is simple, really – instead of gifts and/or money, your friends donate to Courage to Hope on your behalf. Charity:Water has been doing this for years (it’s […]

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An Evening in Moscow

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The Daily Universe, BYU’s student run newspaper, ran an article today about An Evening in Moscow. Here is an excerpt from that article: While on his mission in Ukraine, a BYU student saw a woman bloody and beaten at a bus stop. Despite being abused by her husband, the woman was headed back home because […]

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April – Sexual Assault Awareness Month

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April is sexual assault awareness month. On April 14 th the Center for Women and Children in Crisis will be hosting an awareness event called “Community Resource Day.” We are opening the doors of our outreach center and inviting all community members to learn firsthand about what we do. There will be art on display, […]

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Some Crazy Numbers That Will Make You Cry

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Zack and I have spent the last few weeks putting together a presentation that we can take to local businesses or people to start boosting our donations and hopefully kick off some really awesome opportunities, and as part of it, we’ve come across some statistics that will tug at the heart strings to say the […]

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Happy Birthday to the oldest and largest women’s organization in the world!

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170 years ago today, Joseph and Emma Smith organized the Relief Society in Nauvoo, Illinois. Since then it has grown to become the largest women’s organization in the world. Over the last 170 years, the Relief Society has helped women worldwide build faith and personal righteousness, strengthen families and homes, and help those in need. Coming from a family that […]

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Courage to Hope

helping people find new beginnings

This is Yulia.

After her husband beat her when he found out she was pregnant, we helped her get back on her feet.

12 Giveaways of Christmas

Learn how you could win a 2 night stay in any Hyatt hotel worldwide!

1 in 3 Abused Worldwide

In Ukraine, that's more than doubled. We are trying to help those that were abused to create new lives for themselves.

How it all started

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