MEDIA RELEASE
7 September 2016

Show Your Support for Gandhi Nivas

Otahuhu’s early domestic violence intervention programme, Gandhi Nivas, is holding a fundraising event on 16 September and you’re invited!

The evening will include dinner, entertainment, spot prizes and an auction at Waipuna’s new conference centre, 60 Highbrook Drive, East Tamaki.

Prizes and auction items have been kindly donated by Trelise Cooper, Annah Stretton, Jaguar, Pita Pit, Vector, The Reddy Group, Auckland Cricket, Bird on a Wire, Kilimanjaro Dental Centre and more.

Entertainment includes Ratna Raman, Delicious – a Samoan group of dancers, and Bangra.

To book your ticket or table, get in touch with Ranjna Patel: ranjna@ethc.co.nz

About Gandhi Nivas
Gandhi Nivas is a programme that provides emergency housing, counselling and referrals to social services for men who have either been issued with a Police Safety Order*, or are otherwise involved in Police matters related to family violence.

It is a partnership between Auckland-based medical provider network Nirvana Health Group, Counties Manukau Police and Sahaayta Counselling and Social Support.

The concept grew from discussions between Counties Manukau Police and their South Asian Police Advisory Board (of which Gandhi Nivas chair Ranjna Patel is a member). The objective of the programme is to provide early intervention and prevention services to people identified at risk of committing domestic violence to help them change their behaviour, reduce the likelihood of further domestic violence and increase safety for families.

For more information, visit: www.gandhinivas.org.nz

ENDS

*Police Safety Orders are issued as an interim safety measure when Police have reasonable grounds to believe that there is a risk of family violence, or that an incident of family violence has occurred.

Persons who are bound by Police Safety Orders are not permitted to return to the home they share with protected persons (including children) or assault, threaten, intimidate or harass the protected person, or retain possession of firearms or any firearm license for the period of the order, which is up to five days and usually between two and three days.

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