Community Resource Directory

Phone: 212-714-9153

Helpline: 212-868-6741

Fax: 212-264-8745

Website
http://www.sakhi.org

E-mail
contactus@sakhi.org

Address
P.O.Box 20208
Greeley Square Station
New York, NY 10001

Executive Director
Purvi Shah

Days & Hours of Operation

Costs & Fees (if any)
No Cost

Programs & Services
Advocacy, Benefits/Entitlement Assistance, Case Management, Counseling, Discrimination, Domestic Violence, Emergency Shelter, Financial Assistance, Legal Assistance, Public Health Promotion, Referral Service, Translation Services/Assistance

Population Served
Adolescents (Teen/Youth), Adults, Children, Elderly, Families, Immigrants, LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning), Men, People living with disabilities, Refugees/Asylees, Women and Girls

South Asian Groups Served
Afghan, Bangladeshi, Indian, Indo-Caribbean, Nepalese, Pakistani, Sri Lankan

Bilingual Skills
Gujarati, Hindi , Urdu

Areas Served
NY - Bronx, NY - Brooklyn (Kings County), NY - Long Island - Nassau County, NY - Long Island - Suffolk County, NY - Manhattan, NY - Queens, NY - Rockland, NY - Staten Island (Richmond County), NY - Westchester County

Established: 1989

Mission
Sakhi for South Asian Women is a community-based organization in the New York metropolitan area committed to ending violence against women of South Asian origin.

Serving South Asians
Programs and services are designed for South Asian community members only.

Additional Information
Programs and services are designed to meet overall needs, including health-related information and/or services.

Sakhi offers a range of support services for survivors of domestic violence. The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) responds to individual survivors of Domestic Violence by working with them to identify their specific health needs; assists women in finding health care or doctors and accessing emergency healthcare services; WHI also conducts classes and workshops around women's health, HIV and reproductive health.