b'2023 Annual ReportSakhis ImpactIn NumbersBy the end of 2023, we received Food justice is a basic right2869 94helpline calls, a 132% increase from the prior members of our community have made 328year.SakhishelplineisNYCsonlygender- tripstooneofourFoodJusticeProgrambased violence helpline staffed by South Asian pantriesstockedwithculturallyappropriatelanguage speakers. food.We worked with Housing is key to safety581 $1,061,961survivors, starting at six years old. We worked Sakhi has provided over $1 million in rentalwith survivors to engage in personal advocacy assistanceforsafe,independenthousing.ineightSouthAsianlanguages.Thisincludes 164 survivors worked with Sakhi to find safebutisnotlimitedto:crisismanagement, housing and rental assistance.access to legal services & public benefits, food,housing & financial security, and mental health Domestic and gender-based violence continuecounseling.tobetheleadingcauseofhomelessnessinNYC shelters.Economic justice is gender justice Healing requires care253 128of those 581 survivors have participated in our survivorshaveparticipatedinourtrauma-Economic Empowerment program,informedandculturallyaffirmingcounselinga 72% increase from 2023. programs, a 38% increase from the prior year.4'