W.I.S.H. House

CONTACT:

38A Browning Ave.
Boston, MA 02124-1722
(617) 282-1625

Theodora Griffith, Executive Director

DESCRIPTION:

"With Integrity She Heals" is the motto of W.I.S.H. House -- created in 1992 to provide housing and support services to women and their children living with HIV/AIDS. Led by a multi-cultural team of women, W.I.S.H. House has helped nearly 90 women -- up to five women and six children at any one time -- who come from homeless shelters, hospitals or the streets, many of whom speak English only with great difficulty. These are some of the neediest of the needy.

State funding cuts have hit them hard. Their $180,000 2001 budget has been cut by 80%, to $36,000. They were trying to raise money to complete a renovation of three apartments which they had fitted with new bathrooms and kitchens. They had planned to provide one apartment with full handicapped access, outfit a resource center with computers and training, and create a food pantry where residents and neighborhood friends could gather and their children could play. These folks need your help.

(2002: HUMAN SERVICES: Girls and Women: General)