After less than a year of having its doors open, staff at Women & Children Precious Shelter worry it won't be able to help the community much longer.
Tamara Whilby, a nurse and the director of Women & Children Precious Shelter, is worried about the future of the shelter and the women it supports as they struggle to attain enough funding.
One particular incident comes to mind, when she didn't know how to help a woman who was abused, beyond giving her medical attention.Pandemic means abused women more isolated but supports still available, advocates say Whilby says since the shelter opened in July 2022 they've been consistently at capacity, and currently have a wait list of about 30 women. Even before they opened a physical location, Whilby says the team, which consists of other women who have experience in the medical field, were taking hundreds of virtual calls to help direct women to resources."Our biggest challenge is having operational funding to sustain our shelter to remain open," Whilby said.
"We are investing over $250 million in community services that aim to prevent violence and support women and their children who are survivors," the statement said. Kripa Sekhar is the executive director of the South Asian Women's Centre. She says there's a huge need in the GTA for shelters that support women fleeing domestic violence and doesn't want to see the Brampton shelter close.
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