| Partial List of South Asian Women’s Programmes and Shelters
in U.S.A.
Compiled by Rifat Akhter and Dr. Kathryn Ward (Sociology, So. Illinois
University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4524, rifat@siu.edu, kbward@siu.edu)
and Dr. Mahmuda Islam (Women for Women, Mahmuda@bangla.net), under
the ALO/USAID grant REMOVING BARRIERS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FROM WOMEN’S
FULL PARTICIPATION IN CIVIC SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY IN BANGLADESH. Fall
2002-Fall 2004. Shelters with * visited or contacted by Mahmuda Islam
or Kathryn Ward. Please send any additions or corrections to Kathryn
Ward.
1. California (CA)
a. Aasral
30030 Mission Blvd., Suite 112, Box 109 Hayward CA 94544
HOTLINE: 1-800-313-ASRA
Office: 510-657-1245 and 510-657-1246 Fax: 510 657-6661
Email: Asraa1@aol.com
Website: http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/aasra.html
b. NARIKA
P.O. Box 14014 Berkeley, CA 94712
Crisis Line: 1-800-215-7308
Tel: (510) 540-0754 Fax: (510) 540-0201
Email: info@narika.org
Website: http://www.narika.org
c. Maitri*
234 East Gish Road, Suite 200, San Jose, CA 95112
We do not have a shelter, but a six-bed transitional home. Messages are
answered 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (PST) on our helpline 1-888-862-4874 or (408)
436-8398 (local hotline) and after that messages are picked upped every
hour by our volunteers.
Toll Free Hotline: 1-888-8-MAITRI (888-862-4874)
Office Phone: (408) 436-8393
Email: maitri@maitri.org
Website: http://www.maitri.org
d. SAHARA
18520 1/2 S. Pioneer Blvd.Suite 204, Artesia CA 90701
TOLL FREE 1-888-SAHARA 2 1-888 724 2722
Tel: (562) 402 4132
Email: saharaorg@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.charityfocus.org/sahara
e. South Asian Network
18000 Pioneer Blvd. Suite 101, Artesia, CA 90701
Website: http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/
2. Connecticut (CT)
SNEHA, Inc
P. O, Box 271650
W. Hartford, CT 06127
1-800-58-SNEHA (Connecticut only) or
1-860-658-4615
Fax: 860-521-1562
Email: sneha@sneha.org
Website: http://www.sneha.org
3. Georgia (GA)
Raksha
P.O. Box 12337 Atlanta, GA 30355
Toll free: 1- 866- 725-7423 1- 877 672-5742
Help Line: (404) 842-0725
Tel: 404- 876-0670 Fax: 404 876-4525
Email: Info@raksha.org or
raksha@mindspring.com
Website: http://www.raksha.org/
4. Illinois (IL)
a. Apna Ghar *
4753 North Broadway, Suite 518,Chicago, IL 60640
Office: 773-334-0173 Fax: 773-334-0963
Email: info@apnaghar.org
Website: http://www.apnaghar.org/contact/contact.shtml
b. Hamdard Center
355 N. Wood Dale Rd., Wood Dale, Il 60191
24 Hour Emergency Number: 630-860-9122
Fax: 630-860-1918
The Hamdard Center, P.O. Box 7013, Wood Dale, Il 60191
139 Front St. , Wood Dale, Il 60191
Phone: 630-860-2290
5030 N. Broadway, Chicago, Il 60660
Phone : 773-293-4600
Web mail: http://www.hamdardcenter.org/
5. Maryland (MD)/Washington, D.C.
a. Asha Asian Women’s Self Help Association *
P.O. Box 34303West Bethesda, MD 20827
Help line: 301-369-0134 or 888-417-2742
Office: 202-207-1248 Fax: 202-296-2318
Email: ASHAinc@aol.com
Website: www.ashaforwomen.org
b. CHAI, Inc
4517 Redleaf Court, Ellicott City, MD 21043
Phone: (410) 461-1634
E-mail to raziachai@hotmail.com.
Website : http://www.geocities.com/raziachai/content.html
c. Domestic Violence Resource Project (DVRP)
P.O. Box 14268 Washington, DC 20044
(202) 464-4477
e-mail: info@dvrp.org
website: http://www.dvrp.org
6. Massachusetts (MA)
a. Asian American Support and Resource Agency ( AASRA) *
Suite 316, Woburn, MA 01801
Toll free number 1-866-922-2772 or 1-866-92AASRA
Email: aasra@aasranewengland.org
b. SAHELI- Boston *
P. O. Box 1345, Burlington, MA 01803
Helpline: 1-866- 4- SAHELI
email saheli800@hotmail.com
http://www.saheliboston.org/
7. Michigan
a. Michigan Asian Indian Family Services
28650 11 Mile Road, Suite 218, Farmington Hills, MI 48336
(888) 664-8624 Crisis Line
(248) 477-4985
Email: info@maifs.org
http://www.maifs.org/c.htm
8. New Jersey (NJ)
Manavi *
P.O. Box 3103, New Brunswick NJ 08901
Tel: (732) 435-1414 Fax: (732) 435-1411
Email: manavi@worldnet.att.net
Website: http://www.manavi.org
9. New York (NY)
a. NEW YORK ASIAN WOMEN'S CENTER Contact: Pat Eng, Executive Director.New
York Asian Women’s Center 39 Bowery, Box 375, New York, NY 10002
24 Hour Hotline: 212-732-5230 (24-hour hotline) Website: http://www.dvguide.com/newyork/nyasian.html
b. Committee on Domestic Harmony: Islamic Center of Long Island
835 Brush Hollow Road ,Westbury, NY 11590
Tel: (516) 942-6133/942-2081
Fax: (516) 766-6044
c. SAKHI *
PO Box 20208,Greeley Square Station, New York, NY, 10001
Hotline No.: 212-868-6741 Office : 212-714-9153 Fax: 212-564-8745
Email: contactus@sakhi.org Website: http://www.sakhi.com/
10. North Carolina (NC)
Kiran. Inc
PO Box 3513, Chapel Hill, NC 27515- 3513Toll free crisis line: KIRAN-INC or
866-547-2646 Admin Line 919-865-4006
Email: kiraninc@hotmail.com Website: http://www.kiraninc.org/
11. Oregon (OR)
SAWERA: South Asian Women’s Empowerment and Resource Alliance
PO Box 912142, Portland, OR 97291
Helpline: (503) 778-7386 Office: (503) 641-2425 Mon-Fri
Email: sawera@sawera.org Web mail: http://www.sawera.org/
12. Texas
a. Asians Against Domestic Violence ( AADA)
P.O. Box 420776, Houston, TX 77242-0776
Toll free: 1-866-833-AADA or 1-866-833-2232
Phone: 713-339-8300 email: info@aadainc.org
b. Committee on South Asian Women
Jyotsna Vaid, Editor
COSAW Bulletin
Dept. of Psychology Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843-4235,
USA
Phone :979-845-2576 Fax: 979-845-4727
Email : jxv@psyc.tamu.edu (email)
Website http://http.tamu.edu/~e305jj/cosaw.html
c. DAYA, Inc
6 White Pillars Lane, P.O. Box 571774, Houston, TX 77257
Tel: (713) 914-1333
Email: info@dayahouston.org
Website: http://www.dayahouston.org/
d. SAHELI- Austin *
P. O. Box 3665, Austin, TX 78764
Saheli has a 24-hour Voice Mail Helpline: (512)703-8745
Phone: (512) 703-8745
Email: saheli@saheli-austin.org Web: http://www.saheli-austin.org
13. Washington State
a. CHAYA
P.O. Box 22291 Seattle, WA 98122
Helpline: 206-325-0325 or Toll-free: 1-877-92CHAYA
Business line: 206-568-7576 Fax: 206-568-2479
Email: chaya@chayaseattle.org Website: http://chayaseattle.org/
b. DAWN: Domestic Abuse Women’s Network
P.O. Box 88007, Tukwila, Washington 98138
24 Hour Hotline:425-656-7867
Phone: 425-656-4305 (administrative) Phone: 206-622-1881 (shelter)
Fax: 425-656-4309 (administrative)
Email: dawnetwork@dawnonline.org Website: http://www.dawnonline.org
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