Apna Ghar

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Apna Ghar is a domestic violence shelter. The idea of establishing a transitional shelter and walk-in social service agency was first conceived in September 1989 by five Asian-American women activists who were committed to serving the South Asian immigrant women and children facing domestic violence and abuse in the Greater Chicago Area. The initiative was undertaken in response to hotline calls reporting a high incidence of domestic violence, abandonment, child abuse and neglect, sexual and criminal assault among the South-Asian-American ethnic minority communities settled in Metropolitan Chicago. It was also evident that due to cultural differences such as language, dress, food, religion, family structures and values, the Asian-American women and families were reluctant to avail themselves of the services offered by mainstream existing shelters and other organizations. Women and children were suffering violence and abuse rather than seeking help. Existing shelters and service providers, not familiar with the South-Asian culture, family system and immigration laws, needed a South-Asian social service agency to provide translations, counseling, legal services and other support. Apna Ghar, the first United States transitional shelter and social agency serving Asian victims of domestic violence, was incorporated in December 1989. It was originally founded to meet the expressed need for appropriate cultural social services for women and children victims of domestic violence...

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