Our Approach
The Zahra Foundation has a Trauma and Violence-Informed Service Delivery Framework, with trained Program Facilitators and specialist Financial Counsellors, who deliver evidence-based programs and services. Our strategic pillars include creating opportunities for employment, fostering safe and economically empowered futures through trauma and violence-informed services, promoting collective impact through partnerships, and working towards access across Australia.
Our Service Delivery Framework
Trauma and Violence-Informed
Our Program Facilitators and Financial Counsellors have completed Trauma and Violence-Informed Response Training, ensuring participants feel safe and supported.
Participant Focused
Pathways to economic and personal empowerment are unique for each participant, therefore our program and service responses and recommendations are based on the individual and their goals for the future.
Evidence-Based Practice
Our empowerment programs and financial counselling services have been developed from evidence-based practice and client feedback.
Women are the deciders of their futures
We support the empowerment of participants through knowledge, education and community so they can make their own decisions for themselves and their children.
Our Mission
Every woman in Australia impacted by domestic abuse is economically empowered and safe.
Our Strategic Pillars
Creating Safe & Economically Empowered Futures
We grow and develop our innovative trauma and violence-informed services, financial counselling and group education programs to empower women and non-binary people to rebuild their lives after leaving domestic abuse situations, via pathways into education, employment, training and build skills to work towards financial independence.
Creating Greater Access to Our Services
We work towards being able to provide access to women who require our services across Australia into our programs when they need them and for as long as they need them.
Creating Change Through Collective Impact
The Zahra Foundation will continue to enhance our collective impact model nationwide via collaboration and partnership with organisations that are aligned with our strategy and mission. This will pool resources and expertise to deliver integrated services for people impacted by domestic abuse, from crisis support to recovery and healing. Within our collective impact model we will co-locate our programs and services, work on collaborative projects and initiatives, host changemaker events and utilise campaigns, advocacy and government submissions to influence policy makers, community and corporate organisations.
Creating Opportunity
We are an employer of choice, with a focus on creating opportunities for those facing barriers to employment to join our team.
The Zahra Foundation’s priority impact areas align with the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s):
No Poverty
End poverty in all its forms everywhere. Domestic Abuse is the leading cause of homelessness in Australia.
Gender Equality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Reduce Inequalities
Including income, age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status within a country.