Raise Your Voice Saint Lucia Inc. is currently working with globalgiving.org a Non Profit Foundation in Washington DC, USA to raise funds to acquire and retrofit a property to establish a Sexual Assault Support Centre. The organization says while rape victims get processed by the Police, cases against alleged rapists take in some instances ten (10) years or longer. Women and children do not get psychological support and counselling through the trauma and horror of violence during this time. We provide limited assistance to a number of victims/survivors but this is not sustainable as the numbers keep growing.
To this end, Raise Your Voice St Lucia has decided the best course of action is to establish a rape crisis centre to provide psychological support services to rape, domestic violence and child abuse victims who are in need of support. We continue providing Victims Aids to accompany victims/survivors to the various public service agencies and through the justice system while they try desperately to rebuild their lives.