Hellen’s shelter was originally started as a refuge for women suffering from domestic violence and girls in danger of the cultural violence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) neither of which are against the law in Uganda.
It has now expanded and accepts children orphaned by conflict or AIDS. Some stay until family can be found to take them in, others become permanent residents.
Hellen Alyek is a retired Superintendent in the Uganda Police Force and in 1997 she was awarded a scholarship to attend the International Association of Women Police (IAWP) training conference which that year was held in Dallas Texas. She won this award because she had created the Ugandan Police Family protection unit having taken a courageous stand against child abuse domestic and cultural violence.
It was with the help of fundraising by the IAWP that she was able to open her shelter having previously taken victims into her own home.
Hellen has now retired from the police and lives and works full time at the shelter
Hellen has now retired from the police and lives and works full time at the shelter
Hellen's Shelter has recently been offered a Jeep and is currently raising money to send this badly needed resourse to the shelter.
Helen Rawlings is working on this project and is kindly asking for any donations to assist with this expense to made at the following link:
http://www.hellens-shelter.org.uk/
http://www.hellens-shelter.org.uk/
