The image shows a purple speech bubble icon with a white ellipsis inside.
A lavender-colored phone receiver icon with a question mark in the center.

Urgent! Help Us Keep Sarah Alive—A 9-Month-Old with a Rare Illness and Nowhere Safe to Go

Join us in giving Sarah a fighting chance. The Asiyah Center is raising emergency funds to support a 9-month-old girl with a rare degenerative illness who has been abandoned, abused, and left without care. With your help, we can provide Sarah with life-saving medication, specialized nutrition, safe housing, and trauma support. Stand with us to protect vulnerable survivors and ensure no child faces crisis alone.

Welcome

Home

We are the first organization in New York City that provides culturally competent and trauma informed housing justice and shelter to meet the diverse needs of the Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, South Asian and Black Indigenous People of Color populations. We are not just a shelter - we are a movement committed to empowering disenfranchised populations.

Who Are We

Two women sitting at a table with informational materials, a laptop, and a donation box, smiling at the camera in a conference or event setting.

The Asiyah Women’s Center is an emergency center in New York City addressing the gap of appropriate residential services for the Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, South Asian (AMEMSA) and Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) populations.

Our Work

Two women standing outdoors in autumn, wearing black hoodies with text supporting survivors of domestic violence, with parked cars and trees with fall foliage in the background.

Since 2018, our shelter has assisted over 1000 women and families across the tri-state area. We provide temporary and emergency housing for survivors of domestic violence. By connecting survivors to job opportunities, medical services, housing facilities, and legal assistance. We empower them to grow into strong and independent women.

Our Impact

650+

Women and Children Housed

71,459

Hot Meals Served

6

Years of Service

Shelter Resident

“I experienced the best days of my life at the Asiyah Women’s Center. I finally felt like I had a family to support me, and be there if I needed them.”

Intern

“The Asiyah Women’s Center is a community and you never feel awkward. We’re all friends and family– it’s the best community I’ve been in.”

Show Your Support

“God enjoins you to treat women well, for they are your mothers, daughters, aunts."



- Prophet Muhammad (ď·ş)

Donation information with purple background, white text, and various payment platform icons including PayPal, Venmo, and Zelle, providing contact details for donation.