MY SISTERS HOUSE
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November 30, 2009
I just wanted to say thank you because My Sisters House has help me in so many ways, beining at the shelter, I realized my reason that I couldn't leave my abuser was due to my lack of independence, financially and socially. Like they taught me, my husband treated me like that because "I put up with him"! It was so true. The way he treated me was emotionally really hurtful. I couldn't eat nor sleep, but after I spent so many hours for crying, it finally pushed my button. I got the job today. Izumi san told me that I need to stand on the start line. I am going to take a small step. It may not be a big step, but it is a big step for me. something like going to the (miniature)moon. I told him that I got a job and pay is not that great, but I am not going to put up with his heartless behavior just because he makes better money...or if he thinks he is in control of my life... He said he was very very sorry and he was unaware (oh really) of how much he was hurting my feeling. but it doesn't matter...I am going to earn my happiness with or without him anyway. If I want to be happy, I should earn it myself. I am going to save money and be ready for my future. It's not going to be easy but I can stand on the start line... This evening, I spent my time alone making my favorite Japanese meal, and I ate so much. I talked my parents on the phone and thanked them for being my parents. Again, thank you so much for your care and support. You ladies were so supportive for me, as if you know me for a long time. You were angels for me.
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
I learned how to be independent and gaing back my confidence.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
How they took care ok me and my kids in a momment of need.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
Those that treated me and my kids as family, especially me because I have no family in this country.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Help more womens on need as me and my kids.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every month
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
November 22, 2009
My sister's House has been my blessing. I asked for their help and guidance in April 09. They have helped raise me from the lowest point in my life. They helped me get a 5 year restraining order and have helped me helped me find out who I really am as a person by requesting that I journal and participate in other activities from their women to work program. Although I have graduated from their program I continue to go and they welcome me with open arms. I also go to give back help the other clients. I realize that MSH is my blessing and I want to continue the cycle by being a blessing to someone else.
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Receiving DV support and assistance in finding a job as a photographer.
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How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
November 22, 2009
Hi My name is Alfredo, and I'm 7 years old, I love My sister's house because they take of me, my mom and my brother when we got abused by my father, they gave us a place to live and help my mom to get a house for me and my brother, I am always going to love my sister's house.
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
when they helped my mom to escape from my father and his abuse.
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The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
there I meet a lots of auntys
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
get a better shelter to help more people.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
November 22, 2009
Hello my name is Pau and I'm 12 years old, I have had a great experience with My sister's House, because they help my mom, my brother and me to escape from the abuse of my adoptive father, they gave us a home and made us feel safe, they help my mom to learn that the abuse is not a way to live, now we are happy at a new home and with a great extended family.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
The fact that now my mom, my brother and me are not alone no more now we have a great family at My Sister's House.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
The ones that treat you as family.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
have a safehaven to help more womens and kids in abusive homes.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
November 14, 2009
My Sisters House is a wonderful organization that helps many different woman from different backgrounds. Although, their Shelter and main focus started in the Asian community, their kindness does not stop there as they truly understand that Domestic Violence is such a widespread problem and is often times over looked by the court systems and society in general. I am not of Asian decent. I was born and raised in the US. However, I am a refugee of sorts. I had to travel over 600 miles to escape from my attacker. Due to the nature of my case, this still did not make the abuse any less. Although, this stopped the physical abuse, the mental abuse from my attacker become more severe and still continues to this day. Without the help of My Sisters House, I would not have had the strength to carry on. Their understanding of the nature of abuse helped me to see what my options were as far as being a strong enough person to stand up for myself. That there is a way out of this situation and that I can be a survivor and not a victim for the rest of my life. That even though the court systems have not help me... that someone understood and cared. I am not completely free yet from my abuser. I am on my way. My abuser has done everything he could to take everything away from me. Material things, my children, my self respect and the respect of others around me with his slander. This was drummed into my head for over 20 years. I was often told that without my abuser ( by the abuser) I would never amount to anything, that I was not allowed to do anything without my abusers permission. So much to the fact, that I no longer knew how to function without being given orders. My Sisters House with their knowledge and support has helped me to understand that none of that was true. That I do matter, that I have value as a person. That I can be strong and have a say so in my own life and that I will have a day when I no longer have to look over my shoulder.
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
I have been Hope unlike any I have been able to feel in 20 years. I was so mentaly abused that I had suffered PTSD and felt as if there was nopossible way I could do anything for myself. Without them Iwould have become a lost person. I owe them everything
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
The counseling and the Women 2 Work program. This program gives hope to those who did not know hope exists. The volunteers and staff here have an understanding of DV situation unlike any other I have seen. They are so knowledgeable.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
They have been in our situations and have first hand knowledge of what we are going through. They are not just random doctors giving prescripted answers to very personal and unique situations.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
If My Sisters House was given 10 million $$ I would like them to maybe be able to better educate the court systems as to how to recognize real DV cases. Often times Dv cases are won by which party has more resources and $$. This should not be the case.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
November 14, 2009
I was once a victim of Domestic Violence. Because of the care and compassion of My Sister's House I can now proudly say that I am a survivor. With the resources and knowledge that My Sister's House has given, food, counseling, housing help, I was able to escape the brutality of my environment. I was shuffled through several other programs. No other program did what My Sisters House was able to do. They have saved my life, my self respect and have given back to me my diginity.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
In other programs you are forced to talk or go over your experiences over and over again without any real direction as to how to get help or how to move on from your experience. My Sister'S House focuses on how to move on and become independant.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
These are real people who treat others as real people. I understand that this is an overwhelming problem through out the US. Other places shuffle you through like cattle. These people treat you as an individual, not as a number.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Save the world!!!
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
November 14, 2009
Tu puedes ensenar a alguien a volar pero ellas no van a volar tu vuelo. Tu le puedes decir a alguien como vivir pero ellas no van a vivir tu vida. Pero en cada vuelo y en cada vida tu huella va a ser lo suficientemente profunda para hacer la diferencia. Gracias a My Sisters House, por ayudarme a hacer la diferencia. You can teach somebody how to fly but they're never going to fly your flight. You can tell somebody how to live but they're never going to live your life. But in every flight and every life you can leave a foot print that is going to be deep enough to make a difference. The footprint that made a difference in my life, was from My-Sister's-House. Hello, my name is Kary. My whole life was abuse, it was so much that I didn’t even know the difference between happiness and pain. I was raised by my grandparents who protect me from my mom almost all my childhood my grandma always told me that women value is her virginity. On my teen years my grandma ask me to give a chance to my mom to be in my life and send me to live with her with out knowing her background, I promised my grandma to give her a chance and keeping my promise I found out the hard way that my mom was a prostitute and her boyfriend was her pimp and since day one I became his property, I lived with them for almost 4 years, during that time I was victim of constant rape, punishments and threats. I went back to my grandparents at the age of 17 without self esteem because my value was gone, I wasn’t able to tell my grandma about what I went through because I was afraid of her being mad at me because I wasn’t a virgin no more . I had the dream to become a lawyer, I finished high school and start college but due to my lost of value I didn’t believe on my self and victim of my poor judgment I got involve with the wrong person , got pregnant and drop college. I lived with this person for 9 years and I have 2 kids with him, due to my lost of value I allowed him to humiliate me and treat me as a object, during those years I went through extreme poverty and starvation, one of my babies almost die because I didn’t have the money to take him to the doctor, but I didn’t leave him because my grandma told me that he was the kids dad I supposed to be with him no matter what, when I realize that I don’t need a father like this for my kids then we split up against my grandma‘s wishes. One day he took my kids without permission and crossed the border bringing them illegally and leaving me without a choice but do the same and cross the border looking for them. Here in this country I believe that because I was illegal I had no rights specially without knowing the language, for that reason I allowed the kids dad got away with his abuse until I got tired and called the cops. I was in a dv shelter but there again because the language barrier I didn’t learn nothing about sings of abuse and left that place believing that due to my illegal status nobody can help me After 2 months I meet this guy that was as everybody told me “to good to be truth”, he promise me to give me the life that in his words I deserved as a queen, that didn’t last long we got married and a month after the wedding he start abusing me, he pretended to be sick and forced me to do his job and didn’t allowed me to feed my kids, the abuse start escalating and in a li’l bit turned in physical abuse the beating became a normal thing for me, but in front of the people he make me pretend that I was the happiest wife and he was the perfect husband and father for my kids because he even adopt them. Then the drugs came in the picture the situation became worse the only people that he allowed to be around me was his friends, 2 of his closest friends saw me going down the drain, both Leno and Mama Naomi told me that I didn’t look as the Karina that they meet 3 years before. I was so used to the abuse that I didn’t see my self as God’s daughter no more, I was broken into small parts it was so bad that I believe that there was no hope for me. One day I almost die because my abuser told me that the only way that I had left was dead, but God is so good that he send angels to save and change my life. On march 31st 2008 a good person angel 1. gave me this paper of my sisters house, I called and angel 2 answer my call, she give confidence and courage to left my abuser, she help me to give myself and my kids the chance to have hope for a better future, I was 3 months in The Safe Heaven, In The Safe Heaven I meet angels 3 and 4 they treat me as a sister and with them I learn how to trust people again, that make feel like I was back home at my grandma’s house a safe place, then little by little I started to gain confidence, because in Women’s to work I found more angels, lots of volunteers that were there to help me to keep moving forward, there I got all the legal assistance including my immigration status, (that was monitored by angel 4), those three months went to fast, my time to leave the shelter was up but I wasn’t scared no more I was ready to spread my wings, I have gotten a job, an apartment, some stuff to put in my house including a bed the angel 2 donated for my home. Angels 3 and 4 became my mentors and help me to get ridge of that guilt that wasn’t mine, It wasn’t my fault to be abused, I didn’t ask for it. Leaving the safe heaven wasn’t the end of my story at My Sisters House, that was the beginning of a long road full of angels that help me to succeed. God give the strength to now be part of this wonderful organization call My Sisters House to spread the voice in my own language and pay forward at least a little bit of what this angels have done for me. On August 07 of 2009, I got a call from Legal Services of Northern California angel 5, to tell me that my VAWA case was approved, that mean that now I’m going to be legal in this country, on October 19 I got my employment authorization, this will not be possible without all the people behind this wonderful organization. Thanks My Sisters House for being my guardian angels. NaiBrittany Fenton : Angel 1 Nilda Valmores: Angel 2 Sitra Thia: Angel 3 Rejie: Angel 4 Amy Williams: Angel 5 All the members of the My Sisters House: Angels Volunteers of W2W and Legal volunteers : Angels
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
that just because i completed their program, that wasn't the end of the road, they still help me after 18 months.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
more than just people they became family.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
expand its "safehaven" to help women and children of all walks of life!
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
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