Rebuilding my life

My Name is Rayan, 35-years-old mother of two kids, I endured years of emotional abuse from my husband, when the conflict escalated in Khartoum , my husband abandoned the family leaving me alone to protect and provide care and needs for the two young kids with no income and no safety, I faced extremehardship—but I refused to give up.

I heard about NADA Elazhar and the support they provide for women like me, so when NADA mobile team came and provided Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) sessions in the gathering site, where I have been accommodated after been deported from Egypt. I gathered the courage and decided to report my husbands abandonment and neglection to the court.

Intervention:

I visited NADA’s Office, I met the case worker and I told her my problem, facing multiple challenges, including depression and frustration, financial instability, inadequate food and medication for the two children and lack of access to childcare and mental health resources.

The NGO provided me with legal aid, PSS and cash assistant. I won my claim of absantee divorce and gained full custody of my children.

Rebuilding my  Life:
The NGO didn’t stop at legal support and PSS, they enrolled me in small business program from different grant, where I received training in small business management, marketing and saving and investment and gave me a start-up grant to launch my  business (making pastry, Sudanese women perfumes and selling goods).

Success & Independence:
Today, I am running the small business, I sent my sons to school, and I am sharing my story to inspire hope.

" I was broken, but now I stand tall," she says. "No woman should suffer in silence— If there is possible help."