State institution crisis center for women. Crisis Center for Women and Children in Duboks

There are three state centers for helping women in difficult life situations in Moscow. The paradox is that there are rarely all the places filled. Because only women with a passport, a Moscow residence permit and a “good past” are accepted. This means that if a girl was conditionally convicted or her documents were stolen from her, she cannot apply there. And this is what usually makes the situation “difficult”.

"House for Mom" is one of the charity projects of the Orthodox help service "Mercy". The head of the service is Bishop Panteleimon of Orekhovo-Zuevsky. The service was founded in 1991, and 30,000 people in need receive one-time assistance a year. In total, the service has twenty-seven assistance projects: for lonely old people, the disabled, pregnant women who find themselves without a roof over their heads, orphans, the homeless, and HIV-infected.

Pregnant women on the verge of abortion, young mothers who do not have housing, who have lost their jobs and livelihoods turn to the "House for Mom".

Maria Studenikina, the head of the House for Mom, came to Mercy as a volunteer, later she managed the humanitarian aid center of the service, and for the last six years she has been the head of the House for Mom. “The most important thing for us is that the girl wants to get out and do something for this. When she comes to us, we have the first conversation and immediately ask the question - how do you see life after the orphanage. This is the main thing. We are ready to pull up any resources to help, solve any problem, but a person must want to fight, work, move on. Not everyone stays on such conditions - compulsory home work, girls collect travel kits of thread, sew sheets, learn different professions. We can't just sit and do nothing. But they all help each other, look after the children in turn, cook for everyone on duty.”

Mom's Home is a counseling center and shelter. At the counseling centre, women can get help from a lawyer, psychologist or social worker. Here you can also get children's clothes, medicines, strollers, cribs and other necessary things that are distributed from the humanitarian aid center of the "Mercy" service.

Up to ten women with children live in the shelter at the same time, but sometimes it is necessary to put cots and extra beds. The Center provides assistance to women regardless of their age, citizenship, nationality, religion, documents and past. Among themselves, employees and mothers affectionately call the shelter - "house". Among those who were helped at the center were citizens of Ukraine, Moldova, Tajikistan, Venezuela and the Congo.

The center has existed since February 2012, for six years 223 mothers and 227 children lived here, 500 women received social and psychological support. Tickets were purchased for the homeland of 270 women. Any family in need can apply for humanitarian assistance to Mercy. During its existence, the service has helped eight thousand families throughout Russia.

"House for Mom" - a very small building in the Tagansky district of Moscow, two residential floors, a large kitchen, a basement in which there is a workshop where girls do homework; a small studio where master classes in hairdressing and manicure are held. Here, next to the mirrors and hair dryers, there are baby cots. Everywhere soft toys, rattles, cradles. It seems that the whole house is one big children's room. Now seven mothers live here, here are some of their stories.

Marina, 21 years old

I got into the "House for Mom" in the ninth month. The owner of the apartment I was renting found out that I was pregnant and kicked me out. He said that it was impossible with a child and that I vacate the living space at the end of the paid period. There were two weeks left. It so happened that I had no other living space in Moscow, and there was nowhere to go. I am a stateless person, I still do not have a passport. My parents are from the former Soviet republics, they were fine with the documents, but for some reason they did not bother to make them for me. My mother is from Moldova, and my father is from Uzbekistan. I was born and lived all my life in Moscow, I never even left, but I had no documents. The father of my daughter, Diana, lives with his mother, who is against our relationship and does not let me on the doorstep. And I wouldn't go there myself. I found information about the crisis center on the Internet and came here. Diana was born, I began to take home work, took courses for a manicure and nail service master. With the help of the management of the center, I am restoring my documents, although, however, there is no passport yet. But I have already completed the necessary certificates, and most importantly, I received all of Diana's documents. And in April, another girl and I will start renting an apartment together and work in shifts. For example, one works, the second sits with two children. Mom's House helps us raise money for the first time.

Elena, 41 years old

Photo from personal archive I got married at 38 and converted to Islam. At first everything was fine, we had twins, two daughters. But then Marfa was diagnosed - epilepsy and West syndrome. Children with this diagnosis develop in the opposite direction - they stop walking, holding their heads, communicating ... We tried to be treated, at that time our son was born. And the husband suddenly quit his job, began to sit on the Internet until four in the morning, sleep until three in the afternoon. There was no money at all, it got to the point that I had to steal milk for children in the store. He mocked us, beat me. Once it became dangerous for children. There was a scandal, we hid from him in the kitchen, locked the door, and he beat with a mop, broke through the door and almost hit my daughter. Then I realized that I had to run. It was not easy to leave my husband, you understand. I secretly looked for hotline numbers on the Internet, called, they gave me the address of the “House for Mom” there. And we ran away. We lived here for more than three months while looking for a way to return to my home in Kyiv. Here I baptized the children, and Martha began to recover. When we were planned to be in the hospital, after baptism, the doctors did not believe our diagnosis. The doctor thought he had made the wrong room. But Marfa managed to stop epilepsy attacks, she runs again, communicates. We returned to Kyiv to my family, we come here for examinations and always go to the "House for Mom" to say thank you.

Anna, 32 years

Photo: Victoria Odissonova / Novaya I was born in Murom, my mother died when I was 18 years old. She drank heavily. I came to work in Moscow, at a toy factory, I rented a room. When the owner found out that I was pregnant, I was asked to leave. In Murom, I still have an apartment, but there is stove heating. While I was working in Moscow, I asked my friend to come and heat the stove in winter so that everything would not get damp. It somehow didn’t heat like that, in general, the stove is now out of order, and there was also a fire. Not strong, but there was no one at home, so firefighters broke through the roof to get into the apartment. There's a hole in the ceiling now, and the stove doesn't work. The local administration says that standing in line for an apartment is It's at least five more years. But they promised to help fix the heating. I would go there myself, but with a child it is impossible yet. That's why we live here. But soon we will return to Murom, probably, we will shoot something there while we are repairing our house. In the "House for Mom" they help us with things, with documents - yes, with everything, really.

You can help the project here:

https://miloserdie.help/krizisnyy-tsentr-dom-dlya-mamy. Support "House for Mom" you can send an SMS with the word "crisis" and the amount of the donation to a short number 3434 (e.g. "crisis 100").

Requisites:
Crisis Center "House for Mom"
R/s: 40703810238110001411
Bank: PJSC Sberbank of Russia, Moscow
K/s: 30101810400000000225
BIC: 044525225
Purpose of payment: Donation for Mom's Home

Any resident of Moscow, including pregnant or single mothers with children, underage girls who are in trouble, graduates of boarding schools and orphanages (up to 23 years old), women under 60 years old - all those who are in a difficult life situation or into a dangerous position. There are no hopeless situations: the main thing is that in difficult times there is someone to lend a shoulder to. The Crisis Center for Women and Children, which opened in the capital at 9a Dubki Street, will become this “shoulder” that any Muscovite who finds herself in a difficult life situation can always lean on.

In autumn, a stationary department began to work in the center. Admission to the hospital is carried out on the basis of a personal application of a woman or in the direction of social services. Women who have a residence permit in Moscow are accepted here. The maximum stay is 60 days. However, if during this time the ward has not managed to solve all its difficulties, the commission may decide to extend its content. During their stay at the center, Muscovites are provided with psychological and social and legal assistance, as well as assistance in training and employment. In addition, the center provides additional medical and educational services. So, for example, a salt cave has recently appeared for health procedures, the essence of which is to create a specific microclimate in an artificial environment, as close as possible to the natural conditions of underground speleological clinics. The halochamber is designed for the prevention and treatment of the upper respiratory tract, regulation of blood pressure, and has proven itself effectively in the fight against stress, phobias, depression, and chronic fatigue syndrome. The center also began classes in qigong therapeutic exercises, the martial art of taijiquan, as well as free self-defense courses for women. Recall that the Crisis Center opened in the SAO in the spring. Muscovites who find themselves in a difficult life situation, underage mothers, as well as women who have been subjected to psychophysical violence or are in a state of divorce can apply here. Since the opening of the center, more than a thousand people have become its clients.

“First of all, these are, of course, residents of the Northern District. But since our center is urban, people come to us from both New Moscow and Zelenograd, because the range of services that we provide is very extensive and aimed at ensuring that the woman and child receive comprehensive rehabilitation, - says the director of the institution, Natalia Zavyalova.

Our center is not only a refuge, but also an information platform, we actively use interdepartmental interaction with institutions of social protection of the population, healthcare, education, employment centers, and public organizations. We do not stand still, we develop according to the needs of society. We try to introduce exactly those services that are most in demand among our wards.” Recently, two branches have also joined the center - the Center for Social, Legal and Psychological Assistance "Nadezhda" and a specialized orphanage, where they now provide support to underage pregnant women and mothers who find themselves in a difficult life situation. And in the Nadezhda branch, free social, legal, psychological and pedagogical assistance is also provided to graduates of orphanages and boarding schools who have not had time to get the housing they are entitled to by law.

Crisis Center address: st. Dubki, d. 9a.

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Hello, I want to leave my feedback about the Crisis Center in Dubki 9 with great gratitude. I started going to the center back in 2014. The situation was not good with the older child, they suggested the address and telephone number of the center in the kindergarten. Arriving there, first of all, I was pleased with the atmosphere, friendly staff, I want to single out Ageeva Galina Viktorovna, cheerful, cheerful, very responsible and polite. After talking with her, I already forgot by 30% why I came. A positive person at the reception is what you need. Galina Viktorovna is super. I once turned to legal services, I can say that she is a very good lawyer, explains everything intelligibly and brings the whole problem situation to the right way out and positions without loss. Then I turned to psychologists. I was on my own and brought my daughter and son. According to the behavior of the child psychologist Fateeva Anna, I can say that the psychologist is ideal for the child, finds an excellent approach to the child, since my children are completely different both in age and gender and in character, correctly and excellently corrects the children and, most importantly, presents the mother well act in this situation. Clever, very kind children are not afraid to go with her, my 6-year-old daughter asked me to wait for her downstairs and went with Anna alone for a session, she has complete confidence in me and I was absolutely calm for the child. I myself turned to the psychologist Vul Natalya with quite serious problems, many very stressful situations have happened in my life, including a divorce from the father of my children. I was in a desperate state, well, it’s difficult to explain in simple words, my body, my psyche turned on some kind of destructive program for itself and, most importantly, for others. I understood that they were doing the wrong thing, but my emotions took precedence over reason. So here is my savior VUL NATALIA, I want to say separately she has great patience, excellent knowledge of her business, she endured for a long time and continued to work on my perseverance and not understanding the problem for myself, but my long-awaited effect came after several sessions with her and I came to I understood my problem, overestimated life, I still can’t understand how Natalya succeeded, but I’m sure that this is completely only her merit. Natalya can somehow speak the problem from a completely different angle in an understandable and accessible language, which really became easier over and over again, she is the kind of person to whom I really wanted to go and go and talk, it’s very easy to talk to her, inspires confidence right away, you can tell absolutely everything and she always correctly and correctly assess the situation. An excellent specialist in his field, perfectly suited for this center, I consider him a very, very valuable employee. He is fully developed, knows his business, deserves monthly bonuses from his superiors. I think the director of this center was very lucky to have hired such excellent psychologists as Vul Natalya and Fateeva Anna. I express my deep gratitude to the director of this center for such valuable (golden) employees, whom I was lucky to meet.o9

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