Run To End
Homelessness
YOU CAN HELP
I've decided to run the New York Marathon on the 5th of November 2017 to raise money for
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The marathon is a long run of 42, 195 km.
If you can support me in any distance and contribute to the fight against homelessness:
1 km = 5 EUR
5 EUR = 21.49 PLN
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25 PLN = the cost of 1 day care
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St. Albert Shelter is a non-profit organization whose core mission is to create pathways out of poverty by ending homelessness.
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The Shelter for Homeless Women is open 24h a day and provide emergency accommodation (around 72 places) and support in a safe environment that enables homeless women and their children to achieve control and regain independence.
The many faces of homelessness
The homelessness is almost timeless phenomenon, it occurs both in poor and unsustainable countries as well as in rich and highly developed.
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The causes of homelessness are many, including defective social, economic and political relations, armed conflicts and natural disasters.
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In our busy lives we cannot possibly hear every individual story - we also have our own personal reservations about approaching a homeless person to learn more about who they are and to attempt to unravel the complex web of painful events that brought them on the street.
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The stories of women who are staying at the St. Albert Shelter are very different, they are themselves very particular, having different backgrounds, age and martial status - the only common thing which bonds them together is lack of home.
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The hardest thing is to lift yourself when you hit a rock bottom. For a woman to get out of the situation she faces she needs a range of support services, not just helping finding affordable housing. These includes access to counseling (e.g. therapy); health care, assistance to navigate government bureaucracy, legal help.
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The website - monikabernar3.wixsite.com/runforachange is a tool to organize non-cash fundraising (via PayPal platform) in order to support St. Albert Shelter for Homeless Women. The founrising is not a public fundraising in the meaning of Dz.U.2014.poz498 ustawy z dnia 14 marca 2014r. o zasadach prowadzenia zbiórek publicznych ("Act on the principles of conducting public fundraising - Polish law ").
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Please be informed that any funds received will be deposited in PayPal account and upon the completion of collection (6.11.2017) will be credited directly to St. Albert Shelter bank account. I am thankful for your viewership and while I do appreciate if you do decide to donate, it is not required. Before donating, please consider that your donation is non-refundable.
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