Zonta

Wednesday September 17th I was privileged enough to be invited as a speaker to our local Zonta Club. What a dynamic group of women!

Gender based violence is one of their areas of focus and as such they have been great supporters, both as a club and as individuals. I am always impressed with how warm and welcoming they are and how willing they are to hear about tough issues confronting our community.

I spoke about the increase we have seen in numbers of people needing services in the aftermath of the flood. Protection orders and persons sheltered have doubled, supervised visits have about tripled. These are trying times. It really helps when we know we have allies who are as concerned as we are about the issue.