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Domestic Violence affects people from all different walks of life. There is no one way a survivor looks. Swipe through to learn more about who Ahimsa House assists. 💜 #dvam #withsurvivorsalways #dvam2026 #dvactionmonth #withsurvivors We assist all ages of adults with the 35-39 group as the largest group and 55-59 being the smallest group. Larger DV statistics say that 18-24 is the age group most affected by DV, our stats may vary due to the rate of pet ownership for different age groups. While DV mostly impacts women, there are still other gender survivors who deserve the same access to services. About 5% of the people we assisted last year were men or non-binary people. 1/3 of respondents to our paperwork last year reported that they have some sort of disability. We have helped disabled survivors navigate self advocacy for their service animals to stay with them during crisis, and we regularly give out the most up to date information for survivors getting their pets prescribed as ESA animals as they work towards safe and stable housing. This dataset is interesting because we have 10 race/ethnicity groups in total on our paperwork and so there are 4 groups with no respondents in the last year. DV care and resources can look very different between cultures and there are many culture specific resources available around Georgia. Ahimsa House can assist with up to 8 pets from the same household. Most people only have 1 animal companion but we regularly assist larger families too! Though interestingly we jumped right over a 5 pet household this year. According to this year’s data from the HRC, Georgia has an LGBTQ+ population of 11.46%, which puts our 14% at a little above the average. We’ve left the 4.3% unknown responses for this question to show that some responders may be questioning or unwilling to disclose but we wanted to keep the percentages accurate. Only about 2/3s of the people who enter our program have reliable access to transportation! This huge barrier is a large reason that we moved to our decentralized model of care. We are able to assist survivors anywhere in GA by assisting with a tank of gas, an uber or occasionally begging a rura

We had a blast seeing dogs and cats in all shapes and sizes, young and old, excited and nervous at the @lifelineanimal Healthy Pets Fulton vaccine event! We love to see organizations reducing barriers for pet owners by providing necessary care like vaccines and spays and neuters as well as giving away pet food! Thanks LifeLine for all your incredible work 🫶🏻💜

Calling all Amazon Prime shoppers! There are SO many great deals on pet essentials that the furry friends in our program need. Want an easy way to make a difference during DVAM? Consider donating an item (or two!) from our wish list. Every donation helps provide comfort and care to pets who are part of our program. Link in bio! #DVAM2026 #WithSurvivors #DVActionMonth

Here at Ahimsa House we assist with any kind of pet! We work with partners and fosters who specialize in everything from reptiles to pocket pets, barnyard pals to our feathered friends! We know families can include all types and we will make sure those critters get the care they need during their stay with us.

Can you believe that in just ONE MORE WEEK, we'll be together celebrating 22 years of helping people and pets reach safety from domestic violence?!!? Tickets are still available for now, but we wouldn't wait too much longer — the event sold out last year! Visit our website to secure your spot and get more information.

It's official! We are just ONE MONTH away from this year's Joining Hands & Paws Celebration!! We are so excited to see you on Saturday, May 16 at Sinclair Atlanta to celebrate 22 years of helping people and their beloved pets reach safety from domestic violence together. We are still accepting sponsorships, item donations, and volunteers for the event, and of course -- tickets and tables are also available! No matter how you want to be involved in the big day, you can find the information you need on our website. We can't wait to see you there!

Attention Ahimsa House clients, partners, and volunteers! We've received word that our administrative phone line may be down for maintenance this week beginning Monday, March 16 at 6 AM. They are hoping to complete the work by the end of the day Monday, but disruptions may continue into the week. Here's how you can get in touch: 📞 You can still reach us on our crisis line at 404-452-6248 for urgent matters OR regular business. 📧 You can also email us: -If you normally correspond with a certain staff member about an Ahimsa House client or pet, feel free to contact them directly as you usually do. Please send your email to Vanessa if you're not sure who to direct your message to! -For other/general inquiries, reach out to info@ahimsahouse.org. ❗️ As always, please call our crisis line at 404-452-6248 for emergencies related to pets in the Ahimsa House program; if the line is busy, you can leave a voicemail or send a text, and we will be sure to get back to you ASAP. For assistance locating your closest domestic violence shelter in Georgia, you can call the statewide hotline at 1-800-334-2836.

We are so grateful for our network of foster homes that help house displaced pets while their owner escapes domestic violence. Our goal at Ahimsa House is to reunite pets and families once they’ve reached safety. Abusers often threaten to harm pets if the victim tries to leave. They also harm pets left behind as a way to retaliate or to coerce the victim into returning. Concern for a beloved companion animal’s welfare prevents or delays as many as 50% of battered individuals from escaping domestic abuse. Some escape but then attempt to return to a dangerous situation to reclaim pets left behind. At Ahimsa House, our organization helps survivors of domestic violence escape with their pets by temporarily housing their animal. If you’d like to get involved, visit our website, complete the volunteer application, and complete the steps to undergo a background check at no cost to you. Fostering changes lives and significantly increases the number of people and pets we can assist to safety.

Over the past few months, we've been working with an incredible volunteer to incorporate a Geographic Information System (GIS) into our work. As a statewide organization, we are especially excited to embrace this valuable opportunity to assess our statewide impact and improve our efforts to serve people and pets across Georgia. This map offers just a glimpse of how GIS will help us demonstrate our wide-reaching impact; at the link in this graphic, you can access an interactive dashboard that will allow you to explore county-level statistics on our crisis line and the services it provides, the numbers of people and pets assisted by our Direct Services Program, and the reach of our Community and Professional Outreach Program. We are SO excited to keep adding to this platform over the next several months!! You've heard a lot about the services we provide to pets -- vet care, safehousing, etc. -- so we've also included explanations of some of the services provided on our crisis line that can be found on the dashboard.

Santa says to support Ahimsa House in helping people and pets escape domestic violence together 📣🎅🏽 Did you see our booth at the Virginia Highlands Winterfest last weekend? 💜

THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone that made donations, created a fundraiser, or helped spread the word on Tuesday. Thanks to your support, we raised over $65,000 to help people and their pets escape domestic violence together -- our highest #GAgives on #GivingTuesday total yet! We hope to see you tonight at the City of Chamblee, GA Holiday Hoopla!! The event -- including photos with The Grinch, benefiting Ahimsa House -- has moved entirely indoors to make sure everyone stays warm and dry! Come see us between 5 and 8 PM at Chamblee City Hall!

WE ARE SO SO SO CLOSE TO HALFWAY!!!! Every single contribution will help us help more people and pets reach safety. Please consider donating if you haven't already, and come back here in 30 minutes for the reveal of our new SPOKESPUPPY!!!

Ahimsa House served survivors in 65 of Georgia’s 159 counties in this last year! Due to our decentralized network of partners we are able to assist as long as the person and their animals are within the state border. We have incredible veterinary partners as far south as Valdosta, as far north as Ringgold, West out to Columbus and East out to Savannah!

$100,314. That's how much you contributed to support human and animal survivors of domestic violence in Georgia... the most raised at ANY Joining Hands & Paws Celebration to date. These funds will have a tremendous impact, and we could not be more thankful for every single person that had a role in raising them. It was the most beautiful evening at Sinclair—who donated their gorgeous space—with Edge Design Group bringing our garden party to life. This 22nd anniversary Celebration would not have been possible without our amazing sponsors: Planisware, Wilson Lewis, Welliba, Macallan Construction, and Trooper & Jami Smith. Thank you so much to: Chelsea Pham and HK Audio Productions for editing videos shown during the program & creating original music for them; Zack Falls for DJing and providing an extensive sound setup; Kelly Embry Photography for capturing the evening; MixPro Events and Entertainment for the AV equipment; and Savannah Distributing for donating much of the alcohol we served. It was a pleasure to welcome auctioneer Jordan Campbell and his team to our Celebration family, and to once again have C. Parks Catering provide dinner. THANK YOU so much to the businesses and individuals that generously contributed to our auctions—our attendees were thrilled about the unique, exciting items available this year. To the amazing volunteers that dedicated their night to making this the best Celebration yet—we truly can’t thank you enough for your hard work and for the great environment you created! And to our staff who seamlessly transitioned into event mode while still operating life-saving programs that reach all 159 counties in GA: your dedication is unmatched. Noël, we are still in awe of your moving speech and are honored to know we played a small part in your journey. Thank you for your contributions to Ahimsa House, and for all you continue to do as an advocate and activist. Lastly, to those that attended the event or otherwise contributed toward its success: THANK YOU! Raising this milestone amount is an amazing achievement, but filling that room on a busy Saturday speaks so loudly to your dedication to helping families stay together through crisis.

Now that our girl is back in the country from a well-deserved vacation, we would like to say HAPPY 10 YEAR AHIMSA HOUSE ANNIVERSARY, SAMANTHA! Samantha is the backbone of this organization! She’s an amazing problem solver with attention to detail, open-minded, humble, thoughtful, kind and someone who somehow figures out how to do literally everything. Our California girl is creative, hilarious, weird (in the best way), a dog whisperer, and goes above and beyond for everyone she knows! Sam also generously shares her adorable AmbassaDOGs and AmabassaCATs with the world. If you've met Sam, you already know all the things above. Here are a few facts you might NOT know. Sam: - holds a world record for number of apple pies returned in one day - LOVES The Greatest Showman - is a foot pic enthusiast - is the world's quietest chewer - saves bugs using her handy dandy bug kit (and removes bug bodies from the office) - juggles - has a knee twin - is the best Uncle Stham and Aunt Sami to adoring nieces, nephews, and Mandi Thank you for all you do, Sam!!!! We love you!!

WOW!! We had an incredible time at PARTY ANIMALS last weekend! We raised $3,096 thanks to our amazing audience. That’s about 150 nights of boarding for the animals in our care! We are already looking forward to being back in the beautiful @outfronttheatre for Party Animals 2 next summer! Thank you to the Out Front team for welcoming us into the space and helping this show run as smoothly as it did. A huge thank you to all our performers who brought such an amazing energy to this show, you truly brought the (dog) house down 💜 we couldn’t have done this without you! And I final thank you to all our lovely supporters! We hope you all enjoyed this show and we will see you next year for even more animal themes silliness 🐶🐓🐱🦥🐰🦩 📸: @jcbargerphotographer What animals do you want to see on stage next year?

Thank you to @solicitorlisamariebristol and the Gwinnett Solicitors office for inviting us one again to be a beneficiary of the Dash 4 Domestic Violence 5k along with @padvatlanta and @mosaicgeorgia this past weekend.

We are elated to introduce our new SPOKESPUPPY.... RUBY!!!! Ruby has proven she has the expansive skillset required to represent Ahimsa House and all the important work we do. We are so excited to have Ruby on board through the holiday season and beyond!! We encourage you to make a donation to Ahimsa House in Ruby’s honor — we suggest $234, which is the approximate speed in miles per hour (MPH) of her celebratory zoomies (swipe to see them). Then, keep swiping to see the outfits and tricks our other incredible contestants would have submitted had they advanced through the bracket. We are SO thankful for all eight dogs that participated!!!

It’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month 💜how are you supporting survivors this October? #WithSurvivors #DVActionMonth #dvam2026 Georgia Agencies: @gcfv_ga @gcadv @livesaferesources @padvatlanta @wrcdv @securus_house @valdostahaven @hopeharbour_ @iwhatlanta @circle.of.hope.ga @ruthscottage_thepatticakehouse @safeshelter1 @gatewaydomesticviolencectr @sharehousedouglas (not exhaustive, feel free to tag other agencies in the comments) National Resources: @ndvhofficial @safehavensforpets @redroverorg

Will we see you this Saturday at our first-ever PARTY ANIMALS - A Bark-lesque and Ca-purr-et Show?! The show will feature 13 animal-themed burlesque and cabaret acts, with ALL entry and tip proceeds benefiting Ahimsa House. We are so excited for this brand new event and can't wait to see you there! You can get more info and secure your spot in the audience on our website!

Spokespuppy Ruby wishes you all a warm and sunny Wednesday ☀️

YOUR MONTH, YOUR ROSIE!!! SWIPE TO THE END TO SEE WHAT YOUR BIRTHDAY REVEALS ABOUT YOU!!! (We’re SOOOOO close to halfway to our @gagivesofficial on #GivingTuesday goal!!!)

💜 #DVAM2026 #WithSurvivors #DVActionMonth

Thank you so much to @cityofjohnscreekgeorgia for hosting such a fun event this past weekend! There were so many lovely folks who we had the opportunity to chat with about the work we do at Ahimsa House and we got to see so many dogs in costumes (including so many sweet babies who are adoptable through @lifelineanimal) 10/10 event will be back next year!

What a year it’s been. Thank you SO much for your support — together, we made a huge impact for people and pets escaping violence in Georgia. We’ll see you in 2026!

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