Break Your Silence

Peg Thompson Survivor Sister Story

 

My name is Klodina Sadiku and I am a victim of domestic violence.

My ex stabbed me in the eye area while I was 8 months pregnant with our child. He is currently awaiting trial for domestic battery and bodily harm. There were multiple occasions were he beat me and left bruises all over my body. He also put his hands around my throat.

After out separation, he filed for custody in court claiming that I am mentally unstable. I have never had a unstable or mental diagnosis in my life. But, he is turning everything around on me.

He physically, emotionally and financially abused me. Although I’m free of the pain, he still continues to make my life miserable with my child. At this point I am running out of funds to pay my lawyer. I am beginning that someone help me start a go fund me page in the fight for my daughter.

 
Notice: The names in this story are fictitious to protect the request for anonymity.

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Break the Silence Against Domestic Violence (BTSADV) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting survivors of domestic violence beyond crisis. BTSADV focuses on long-term healing through financial assistance programs, scholarships, survivor retreats, advocacy initiatives, and a national support line. The organization works to amplify survivor voices, raise awareness about coercive control and systemic failures, and help break generational cycles of abuse through education, outreach, and community engagement.

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