What Makes Us Special?

We fill a need in the community that mainstream agencies may not be able to address adequately​ by:

• AshaKiran understands what crisis looks like in multicultural communities​

• AshaKiran invests in individuals with multicultural  backgrounds that have additional barriers ​

• AshaKiran bridges the gap between service providers and culturally specific communities​

• We are FREE, CONFIDENTIAL, & AVAILABLE IN 45+ LANGUAGES

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AshaKiran Services

AshaKiran continues to operate in its mission to educate, empathize, and empower the
foreign-born and persons from diverse communities by providing free, nonsectarian,
culturally and linguistically sensitive services specific to the needs of survivors of
domestic violence/intimate partner violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, trauma
across the State of Alabama.
The AshaKiran vision is to be, “A Ray of Hope” towards building a healthy and
harmonious community by recognizing the intersectionality of victims of trauma and
addressing those specific needs through direct services, community education, and
outreach initiatives.
Reaching and engaging culturally diverse populations in Alabama is the key tenet of
AshaKiran’s work. The Outreach Team strives to promote awareness through
professional development capacity building initiatives, community and victim service
provider outreach, and prevention campaigns to further this core objective.
AshaKiran’s trauma-informed team of direct service staff assist residential and
nonresidential clients throughout the state with individualized client-centered case
management which includes safety plans, resources, therapeutic support, language
services, temporary and permanent shelter/housing.
Direct care services include: a 24—hour crisis line (AshaLine) with immediate language
access—available to all partner organizations, emergency shelter, advocacy, individual
and group counseling, and comprehensive case management centered on
individualized culturally-sensitive care plans for each active residential and non-
residential client.