Help Domestic Violence Survivor Cover Expenses

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Earlier this year, after enduring years of abuse, Rawala was able to escape a dangerous and violent family living situation after an attempt on her life was made.

As a result of her injuries in May, she has since been diagnosed with a severe concussion/brain injury and is now burdened with an ongoing seizure disorder, on top of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from the abuse she endured. Rawala is also a full-time student on aid at George Washington University, working two jobs to pay her bills (i.e., groceries, personal care, cat supplies). She has had to miss many shifts at her jobs due to her symptomatic brain injuries, seizure episodes, and depression, so it has been very hard for her to have a stable income. Furthermore, with no active health insurance the past two months, she has been forced to pay out of pocket for her medications, some of which cost up to $2000.

Not only did she lose her home, but her abusers kept and, according to the police report ultimately destroyed thousands of dollars of her items (clothes and shoes, room decorations, makeup and toiletries, sentimental possessions) that she bought over the years from the money she earned at her retail jobs. She was forced to buy everything from scratch, starting over with next to nothing.

Rawala is currently trying to sort out her medical bills and figure out how to fund her basic needs. She has no backup plan and no biological family or relatives she can turn to for help. She is on track to graduate from GW soon, so the housing resources the school has been providing will not extend past next year. Anything anyone can donate would be a huge help, thank you.

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