While shelters provide safety, they often fall short on the daily essentials that restore dignity and peace—like warm meals, hygiene items, and emotional care.
🍲 Why Hot Meals Matter
Food isn’t just fuel it’s comfort, culture, and care. Many women face:
• Limited or repetitive food options
• Lack of culturally appropriate meals
• Emotional struggles that make eating difficult
A hot, nutritious meal can begin the healing process.
🧼 Dignity in the Details
Imagine having no toothbrush or clean underwear. This is reality for many survivors. Essentials like:
• Sanitary products
• Toiletries
• Undergarments and clean clothes
are in constant shortage. These small items restore a woman’s sense of control and worth.
💔 The Emotional Toll
Women in shelters often carry trauma, anxiety, and fear. Healing needs:
• Safe spaces
• Compassionate support
• Respect for individual journeys
Healing begins with dignity—and that starts with meeting basic needs.
✅ How You Can Help
• Donate hot meals or fund meal drives
• Provide hygiene kits
• Offer financial support to shelters
• Volunteer your time or skills
• Raise awareness—share, speak, support
📍Feasibility Pilot: Hot Meals in London Shelters
We’re exploring the delivery of 1–3 hot meals/day to women in shelters.
Pilot group: 50 women in London
Goal: Nutrition with compassion
💬 “You are not what happened to you. You are what you choose to become.”
Let’s do more than provide a roof. Let’s provide hope, healing, and humanity.
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Nadia Khan
Chairperson UAF