Partnerships for Trauma Recovery

No survivor should have to heal alone or worry about how to afford it.

When Wintana arrived in the Bay Area from Eritrea carrying deep trauma, Partnerships for Trauma Recovery (PTR) met her where she was.

We provided:

🔹 A Tigrinya-speaking clinician specialized in culturally responsive care
🔹 Peer support groups with fellow survivors
🔹 100% free, language-accessible mental health services

Since 2016, PTR has served 1,150+ survivors from 62 countries. Together, we can ensure financial barriers never stand in the way of healing.

🤝 Support free mental health care for refugees and asylum seekers like Wintana today: https://traumapartners.org/donate-4/

🌱 Ready to make your meals healthierfor yourself and the planet? 💚

Join us for an interactive workshop where you'll learn simple, climate-friendly eating tips, watch a live cooking demonstration, and enjoy delicious food samples!

✨ You'll also receive:
🥕 Ingredients from the cooking demo
🧼 A free food & hygiene kit (while supplies last)
🤝 A fun opportunity to connect with your community

📅 Saturday, August 8
🕑 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
📍 1600 Nevin Plaza, Richmond Rising Hub (near Richmond BART)

This free event is open to everyone—come hungry, curious, and ready to learn!

🔗 Register today: bit.ly/healthy-planet-food

Happy New Year!
We are entering 2026 with renewed strength, hope, and appreciation for everyone who supports our mission. Here’s to continued healing in the year ahead.

From Survival to Strength

96% of the survivors we served this year are asylum seekers – people who fled unimaginable danger in search of safety.

84.75% are young adults, rebuilding their lives while navigating a new country, new systems, and deep trauma.

Support for our programs makes healing possible through trauma- informed therapy, case management, system navigation, and community connection.

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Out of 218 clients served in 2025, 177 were survivors of torture seeking safety, stability, and healing.

Support to our programs directly funds the life changing support – trauma informed mental health care, advocacy, and community connection – that helps survivors rebuild.
Stand with survivors this Giving Tuesday. 💙

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Merry Christmas from all of us at PTR 🎄
Wishing you peace, warmth, and moments of joy this holiday season. Thank you for being part of our community.

Language Access Makes Healing Possible

This year, survivors spoke over 18 primary languages, with the most common including:
Spanish- 52.54%
Indigenous Mam- 7.34%
Tigrinya- 22.03%

Support for our programs ensures survivors receive care in the language they trust most.
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A Global Community of Survivors

PTR supported survivors from over 30 countries of origin, including
Guatemala- 22.03%
Eritrea- 20.9%
El Salvador- 9.6%
Mexico- 8.47%
Honduras- 7.34%
Nicaragua- 7.34%

Each survivor brings a distinct culture, identity, and history. Your support honors their stories.

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Rebuilding Life in a New Country

This year, 67% of the survivors we served had lived in the U.S. for less than 5 years –still working to create stability, learn new systems, and heal from the past.

Support for our programs ensures that every survivor –whether newly arrived or still finding their footing– receives the care, community and stability they need to rebuild their lives.

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When survivors arrive at PTR, they tell us what they need most. This year their top goals were:

Behavioral health care – 46 clients
Education & employment readiness – 44 clients
Interpersonal and social support – 33 clients
Legal pathways to safety – 29 clients
Physical/medical care – 26 clients

Support to our programs ensures that survivors can access the full range of healing services they need to move forward with strength.

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