Ahimsa

Ahimsa offers confidential consulting services with experts, aimed at improving individual and community mental health. This includes wellness, counseling and support services for victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, and sexual assault.

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Ahimsa is an initiative that advocates for self-love and empowerment for everyone.

Everyone has strengths, weaknesses, and skills that are used in everyday situations, but all too often people undervalue their true abilities. We are community educators and advocates who encourage healthy relationships that increase self-love, empowerment, confidence, and peace. Ahimsa's services are confidential and free – contact us to learn more.

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a·him·sa
/əˈhimˌsä/

NOUN | Respect for all living things and avoidance of violence toward others

Ahimsa Programs

Supporting Individual Peace, Growth, and Healing

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Program Overview

VIDEO INTERVIEWS

The Ahimsa team has a selection of videos available that offer more insight into the program's specialities and services.

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Domestic Violence

SERVICES & RESOURCES

ASIA’s Ahimsa department provides free representation and support to victims of domestic violence across Northeast Ohio.

The Ahimsa department provides victims of domestic violence with culturally appropriate, linguistically specific holistic and comprehensive services to meet the needs of AAPIs, immigrants, refugees, and others. Our services are CONFIDENTIAL & FREE. For more information:

  • Helpline: 330-203-1453
  • Victim Advocacy (legal/personal/medical)
  • Case Management
  • Language Assistance through Interpreting and Translation Services
  • Benefit Assessments
  • Financial Planning
  • Safety Planning
  • Emergency Shelter Referral
  • Housing Referral
  • Counseling Referrals and Support Groups
  • Crisis Management

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Sexual Assault

SERVICES & RESOURCES

ASIA, Inc.’s Sexual Assault Program provides free representation and support to victims of sexual violence across Northeast Ohio.

ASIA’s Sexual Violence program provides culturally and linguistically appropriate services to meet the needs of immigrant families. Our services are confidential and free. Available services include:

  • Helpline: 330-203-1453
  • Language Assistance
  • Victim Advocacy (legal/personal/medical)
  • Case Management Services
  • Counseling, Counseling Referrals, and Support
  • Benefit Assessments
  • Financial Planning
  • Safety Planning
  • Emergency Shelter Referral
  • Housing Referral
  • Crisis Management
  • Support Groups

For service providers who are wanting to learn more about immigrant and refugee sexual violence survivors, Ahimsa has developed the Immigrant and Refugee Ohio Coalition (IROC) to End Sexual Violence. This coalition is a platform for services providers to collaborate and educate one another to minimize or eliminate barriers survivors face in their healing journey. Joining our coalition is a great way to make connections while increasing your capacity in providing culturally-sensitive advocacy services. For more information, please email asmith@asiaohio.org. 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Human Trafficking

SERVICES & RESOURCES

Human trafficking is a global challenge. Multiple departments within ASIA Inc. offer support services to help combat its spread in the region.

An estimated 21 million people around the world are trafficked for sexual slavery, forced labor and other forms of economic exploitation – including 1.5 million in the United States, according to the UNICEF USA. Human sex trafficking is the second fastest growing criminal industry in the United States. Approximately half of these victims are children. Condemned as a violation of human rights by international conventions, trafficking is an estimated $9 billion a year global industry that impacts thousands of individuals and their families daily around the world – including here in Cleveland.

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*ASIA’s Sexual Assault project was supported by 2015-KS-AX-0006 awarded by the Office Against Women, U.S Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

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