Charity providing assistance to homeless people

by Nochlezhka
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Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people
Charity providing assistance to homeless people

Summary

The biggest shelter/rehabilitation center for the homeless in St. Petersburg helps an average of 220 homeless people a year to find employment, recover documents, receive medical assistance or find relatives and return to normal life.

$600,000
total goal
$278,970
remaining
803
donors
18
monthly donors
11
fundraisers
10
years

Challenge

More than 60,000 homeless people live on the streets of St. Petersburg (Russia). The average temperature in the winter is -15C here. In 2018 1002 people died on the streets during 5 cold months, and many people became disabled. Meantime the public shelters have only 220 beds for the whole city. The NGO Rehabilitation Center/Shelter Nochlezhka has 52 beds, and provides not only a roof over one's head and a daily meal, but also social services to help homeless individuals return to normal life.

Solution

The rehabilitation shelter Nochlezhka provides holistic services for the homeless. During an individual's stay in the shelter, lawyers and social workers help them to recover documents, provide medical assistance and assistance locating permanent housing and employment. Psychological services for residents of the shelter provided by volunteer psychologists, also help pave the road back to an ordinary life. The shelter Nochlezhka is supported solely by private donations.

Long-Term Impact

Each year approximately 200 homeless people from the streets enter the Rehabilitation shelter Nochlezhka. Most of them return to an ordinary life with a help of the lawyers and social workers of the shelter. They find jobs, rent an apartment, return to their home in another city, get the medical assistance, or settle into group homes.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

Organization Information

Nochlezhka

Location: St.Petersburg, n/a - Russia
Website:
Facebook: Facebook Page
Project Leader:
Danya Kramorov
St.Petersburg , Russia
$321,030 raised of $600,000 goal
 
2,196 donations
$278,970 to go
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