Poverty
can be
reduced

The Center for Women in crisis needs to be overcome
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Why women?

Research on the situation of the homeless in the city of Lviv shows that women are the most vulnerable among people who are forced to live on the street. They usually lose their homes due to domestic violence, orphanhood, human trafficking, deals with apartment/property swindlers or after failed attempts to work abroad.
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What do we do?

The goal of the Center is to help women in crises, to bring them back to society, to give them hope by providing accommodation (for 14 months), and social support.
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How can you help?

We need to raise 3 735 000 UAH to repair the house at Lychakivska Street in Lviv and to launch the Women's Center.

The Project of “Walnut House” Women's Center includes

A Temporary Home for Women

A temporary home for the rehabilitation and social adaptation of women in crises as well as for women with young children. We will be able to accommodate 8-13 women at the same time. The length of the Integration program for women is 8 months.

Community Center

Psychological therapy, workshops, legal support etc.

Cafeteria and Coffee Lounge

A workplace and the opportunity for professional growth for women.

Fundraising

need 1 310 500 UAH
done 3 735 000 UAH

What do we need to do?

  • Repair the rooms and ground floor
  • Install an access ramp
  • Rebuild the attic
  • Renew the roof
  • Repair the facade
  • Repair the plumbing

Who are we?

A social enterprise entitled “Walnut House”.

We give 40% of our income to the social projects of the Walnut House Fund and to support the Center of Integral Care for Women in Crisis. Over 90 women have found shelter in the “Walnut House”, with over 80% managing to recover and make a new start in life.

Our history

2010 September
The Women’s Centre was launched in Lviv in September, 2010. This was and is the only women’s center of its kind in Western Ukraine. Over 90 women have found shelter in the “Walnut House”, with over 80% managing to recover and make a new start in life.
2012
In 2012, to support the Center of Integral Care for Women in Crisis, we launched a social bakery. We give 40% of all income towards the social projects of the Walnut House Fund and to support the Center of Integral Care for Women in Crisis.
2016 November
In November 2016, the Center was temporarily closed because the building we rented was sold. The Lviv City Council donated the municipal property, a building on Lychakivska Str., to the Walnut House Fund. However, the building is in urgent need of repair.

Our contacts

  • Walnut House
  • 8 Tobilevych Str.
  • Lviv 79018
  • Ukraine
  • +38 (068) 655-65-67