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7 people are interested
Zumba, Yoga, Art group Instructor(s) Needed
ORGANIZATION: Wafa House Inc.
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7 people are interested
We are a non-for-profit counseling and legal agency for domestic violence and sexual assault victims. Our agency provides financial security to low to no income families. All our services are completely free. We also reach out to parent groups, schools, and other agencies, to provided them with workshops on empowerment, peaceful parenting, anger management, and stress management. We would like to provide some of our clients and parent groups with more active workshops. We would like to find instructors who can come into a class room of about 15 parents. Our main goal is to get clients/parents to find healthy ways to relief stress, and find tranquility in activities.
More opportunities with Wafa House Inc.
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Wafa House Inc.
Location:
23 Howe Ave, Passaic, NJ 07055, US
Mission Statement
Wafa House, Inc established its office and toll free Hotline in September 2004. Wafa House provides services to victims of Domestic Violence as well as education to the community at large.
Description
Wafa House is a domestic violence organization started by Dorria Fahmy and Nawal Kahf. They realized the serious need for such an establishment among the Muslim community. The most difficult issues at hand were the language barriers and insensitivity to their religious needs. Most of the victims were not able to articulate or express themselves in English. These victims were looking for shelters where they would be able to practice their daily religious routines, such as praying five times a day, etc. This requires a person to wash up or take a mini shower prior to praying. Also, the Muslim victim requires special dietary needs of Halal meats, slaughtered in a particular way. Dorria Fahmy was a volunteer for the Passaic County Women's Center in Paterson and a Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT) member for her local police precinct. She joined forces with Sr. Nawal Kahf, a domestic violence counselor, and began to lobby and advocate for the needs of the abused women in the Muslim community.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
6 Timothy StPaterson, NJ 07503
DATE POSTED
January 8, 2019
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- at least 1 hour, no more than 2
- Female Volunteer, many of our clients are Muslim women who would prefer someone of their same gender.