“Some of their circumstances seem insurmountable, and yet they are so strong and brave,” says LaShonda Carson, program director for Samaritan House in Virginia Beach, speaking of the survivors she sees using their services.
Samaritan House provides essential resources, medical care, and confidential emergency shelter to survivors of domestic violence.
The organization offers emergency housing that differs from traditional shelter environments. “We have several houses within the community of Virginia Beach that are all confidential and they have a place that they and their children can go to,” Carson said…