Looking back at 2018, we are glad to share with you some of the important initiatives Saheli – Support and Friendship for South Asian Women and Families undertook towards fulfilling its mission of empowering South Asian women and families to lead safe and healthy lives. Saheli expanded its legal services to the South Asian Community….
This article appeared in India New England News By Gouri Banerjee Saheli Board Member BURLINGTON, MA–Saheli, Inc., is very excited to collaborate with two Law offices, adding free Family Law & Immigration Law services to its growing portfolio of services offered to the South Asian Community. Starting in July 2018, clients can make appointments to…
This article appeared on India New England News (Editor’s note: This article is written by a victim of domestic violence and abandonment, and reprinted here with the permission of the Support and Friendship for South Asian Women and Families, known as Saheli. The name of the author has been withheld because of privacy reasons.) By…
BURLINGTON, MA—Saheli Boston, a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization dedicated to addressing issues related to domestic violence in the South Asian community, has appointed Divya Chaturvedi as its new Co-Executive Director. She replaces Savitha Rajiv and Nadia Madden, who left Saheli recently. Ms. Chaturvedi, who holds an MPA degree from Columbia University’s School of International and…
Please support Dr. Bharti Khurana, an Indian born Harvard radiologist in her impactful project, “Making the Invisible Visible”, which aims to identify domestic violence victims using radiology and machine learning. The award gives $100,000 research grant to support a novel project of wide medical importance, and the finalist with most online votes will win the…
We are glad to announce that Saheli has made it to the Bronze Level on Guidestar. Please visit our profile to learn more.
In a thought provoking article, the Patriot Ledger presented two articles in October 2018 about homicide and domestic violence. In the second article, shown at this link, http://www.patriotledger.com/news/20180930/experts-domestic-homicides-can-be-prevented they provide more advise on how to prevent death from domestic violence. Making the case for early intervention, that is, not waiting until the crime has actually…
This article appeared on India New England News BURLINGTON, MA—Saheli, a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization dedicated to addressing issues related to domestic violence in the South Asian community, honored its own volunteers earlier this month and held its 5th annual Volunteer Appreciation Day celebrations. The event was organized by Neelam Wali, a long-time volunteer and an…
Saheli is experiencing significant growth in the number of people being served, the kind of services provided and the increasing recognition of its unique linguistic and culturally rich domestic violence services. To continue this positive trend, Saheli has just concluded its three year strategic plan led by Kiran Uppuluri, Board Member and Supriya Saurabh, President…
Adult Literacy Tech Classes Vandana Sharma, Saheli South Shore Coordinator Saheli concluded its ninth session of free Tech Literacy classes on the South Shore on May 31st. Saheli offered weekly Open Lab in January and continued spring classes for 12 weeks from March through May. Of the twenty-five participants in Open Lab several…
