COVID-19 FUND: WOMEN + FAMILIES

Investment Needed: $600,000

Isolation policies create serious challenges for women at risk of violence, and for those trying to provide support services. Funding for virtual communications platforms and direct assistance will allow women’s shelters, transition houses, and organizations across the province to support women who are experiencing violence.

Our Foundation is working collaboratively with the Ending Violence Association of BC to deliver life-saving resources to women as part of a COVID-19 provincial gender-based violence response.

Support women from across the province to get the emergency support they need.

Investment Needed: $150,000

Families can struggle to make ends meet financially when their critically ill baby is being cared for in BC Women’s Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU); especially during the current crisis that is COVID-19

Your support will offer NICU families regular meal delivery and other resources to get them through this challenging period. Some families live in the NICU for many months at a time. Your donations provide immense relief to parents, allowing them to be fully present to support the care of their babies.

Investment Needed: $150,000

There is an urgent and growing need to support new and expecting mothers whose financial challenges, especially during the current COVID-19 crisis, can disrupt their ability to access the medical care they need.

Many of the women supported are experiencing high-risk medical challenges during pregnancy and must leave their home communities to attend appointments at BC Women’s Hospital. Their relocation to the city can last days or even weeks – and now the usual low-cost accommodation options have been severely curtailed.

Your donations will cover the cost of local accommodation, transportation, and meals. The impacts are profound for the mental health of the women, and the physical health of both the women and their expected babies.

Investment Needed: $25,000

The wisdom of Elders is essential during this unprecedented time.

Support new virtual counselling sessions where Elders provide emotional and cultural guidance to Indigenous families receiving care at BC Women’s Hospital.

Your donations will also fund the traditional medicines needed for cultural healing ceremonies, as well as direct aid to families in the form of gift cards for emergency food and clothing.