CENTER PROFILE
Ayalzat-Maana
TALAS · FOUNDED 2000 · PUBLIC FOUNDATION
For over two decades, the only door to open in Talas when a woman has nowhere left to go.
ABOUT AYALZAT-MAANA
The only place to turn in Talas. For more than twenty years.
Ayalzat-Maana has been in Talas since 2000. That matters because Talas is a region where this kind of help is genuinely hard to find. There is no network of alternatives, no nearby city with more options. When a woman in the Talas region is experiencing violence or is in danger, Ayalzat-Maana is usually the first call — and often the only one.
A woman in crisis should not have to visit five different offices to get help. At Ayalzat-Maana, she comes through one door and gets what she needs from one team: shelter, legal support, psychological care, and practical guidance — coordinated by people who know her situation. About 25 women reach them each month, and around 300 each year.
Alongside the crisis work, Ayalzat-Maana runs programs focused on what comes after: legal literacy, financial literacy, leadership development, and business planning for women who are working toward independence. Getting safe is one chapter. Building a life is the rest of the book.
HOW AYALZAT-MAANA HELPS
Everything a woman needs. Through one door.
Emergency Shelter
Eight beds for women and children who need to leave immediately. The shelter is safe, confidential, and available around the clock. You do not need to plan in advance. You just need to get there.
Legal Aid and Court Representation
The legal team helps women access protection orders, navigate court processes, and understand their rights. A lot of women who come through the door have never had anyone explain what the law actually says they are entitled to. That changes here.
Psychological Counseling
One-to-one and group counseling with trained psychologists. Not a single session followed by a referral somewhere else. Women work through what happened at their own pace, with someone who knows their history and stays with the process.
Social Accompaniment and Rehabilitation
Going through a legal process or applying for housing or benefits is hard enough without also recovering from trauma. Ayalzat-Maana sends someone with you. They know how the system works, and they make sure it works for you.
Telephone Trust Lines
Confidential phone support for women who are not ready to come in yet, or who need to talk at a moment when they cannot leave. A way to reach someone when you cannot let anyone in the house know you are reaching out.
Economic Empowerment Programs
Workshops on legal rights, personal finances, leadership, and starting a business. For women who are ready to think past the immediate crisis and start building something of their own. Leaving violence is only the beginning.
URGENT NEED
The shelter roof is leaking.
The roof of Ayalzat-Maana’s shelter is leaking. Walls and ceilings are water-damaged, mold is growing, and the longer the repair is delayed the worse and more expensive it gets. Women and children are living in this building.
The repair is estimated at 160,000 KGS. It covers inspection, materials, waterproofing, and contractor fees. When the work is done, a full report with photos and a financial breakdown will be published publicly.
BY THE NUMBERS
300+
people supported
every year
25
people reaching out
every month
8
shelter beds for women
and children
2000
year Ayalzat-Maana
was founded
SUPPORT AYALZAT-MAANA
In Talas, there is no backup plan. Just this place.
Your donation keeps the shelter open, pays for the lawyer who gets her a protection order, and funds the psychologist who helps her understand she deserves one. At the moment, it also goes toward fixing the roof — because the building itself needs to be safe, not just the people running it.
There is also the community work: awareness programs, outreach, and the slow effort of changing what gets treated as normal in Talas. The shelter catches women after things have gone wrong. The outreach work tries to reach them before that point. Both matter, and both need funding.