Research

On the family research front we are making great progress! I just started a PhD program under one of the nations leaders in domestic violence research and we are learning and gathering information that will help those victims of domestic violence. It is important to understand that Courage to Hope does not want to tear apart families, we only want to provide safety and protection, with the hope that we can improve family life in the future. The problem is real, it is big and it needs to be addressed.
There was a large domestic violence conference held in California a couple of months ago that I had the privilege of attending. When discussing world reports of domestic violence they were able to generalize many of the findings, but often excluded Ukraine from the mix for various reasons. We are trying to learn as much as we can, about domestic violence and the special circumstances of our Ukrainian project. We are excited with the progress taking place and continue our passion to help others!