Ways to help

Money is one way. There are five others.

Leaving an abusive household is mostly a logistics problem. Somebody needs a bed tonight, a bus fare tomorrow, a lawyer on Thursday and a winter coat for a child who left in a hurry. Choose the way you can help, and we will match it to a family.

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Give money

Unrestricted giving is the most useful thing we receive, because it pays for the unglamorous items that decide whether someone can leave: a taxi fare at midnight, a locksmith, a filing fee, a week of groceries, a replacement identity document. Nopa Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organisation and your gift is tax deductible.

A one-off gift of any size
A monthly gift, which is what lets us commit to a family for more than a week
A gift in memory or in honour of someone
Employer matching, which many companies will double

Give goods

New or good-as-new practical items go straight to households that left with nothing. Please contact us before delivering anything so we can tell you what is needed this month and where to bring it.

Clothing for adults and children, seasonally appropriate, clean and undamaged
Underwear, socks and shoes, new only
Toiletries, sanitary products, nappies, formula
Non-perishable food, supermarket cards and fuel cards
Bedding, towels, basic kitchen items and school supplies
Prepaid phones and chargers, which are often the single most useful item we hand over

Give shelter and housing help

Safe accommodation is the hardest thing to find and the thing survivors ask for most. If you are a landlord, a housing provider, a hotel operator or a congregation with property, we would like to talk to you.

Short-term emergency accommodation
A deposit or first month of rent for a family being rehoused
Furnishing a property that has been secured
Waiving or reducing a rental application fee for a survivor with damaged credit

Give professional time

Skilled hours are a donation. A single afternoon from the right professional can move a case that has been stuck for months.

Attorneys and paralegals for protective orders, custody and immigration remedies
Counsellors, therapists and trauma-informed clinicians
Interpreters, particularly Shona, Ndebele, Swahili, French, Spanish and Arabic
Accountants, IT and phone-security help for people being tracked
Employers willing to interview and hire survivors rebuilding a work history

Give your hands

Volunteers keep the practical side of this work running, and every volunteer who works near survivors is screened and trained before they start.

Sorting, packing and delivering donated goods
Driving to appointments, court and school
Childcare during hearings and counselling
Court accompaniment and hospital accompaniment
Administration, translation and website help

Give your voice

Partnership and advocacy cost nothing and change the environment survivors report into.

Invite us to speak to your congregation, workplace, school or community group
Host a training session on recognising abuse and responding well
Share the helpline numbers and the warning signs on this site
Introduce us to a funder, a clinic, a police liaison or a shelter

Before you donate goods

Call us first

Please email or call before dropping anything off. We hold limited storage, we cannot accept used underwear, expired food, damaged furniture or unsafe electricals, and matching a delivery to a family who needs it this week is what makes the gift count.

Nopa Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit organisation. Donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law, and you will receive a receipt for your records.

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Where it goes

Survivors first, always, and we show our working

Unrestricted gifts go to survivor assistance before anything else. Read where we are taking this work and what we are building next.

Our vision for Nopa