Support the Ima Project: Empower Police Families Against PTSD & Prevent Suicide

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Given by 8 generous donors in one year

The Ima Project offers hope and support to police families dealing with PTSD and suicide, providing essential assistance.

Wellington

Introducing The Ima Project: Illuminating Hope

Meet Susan and Ian, a quintessential Kiwi family in New Zealand's South Island. Ian, a true country boy, cherished the rolling hills, hunting, and fishing.

But beneath this serene landscape, a decade-long silent struggle unfolded. Ian, a dedicated police officer, silently battled PTSD, leaving scars on his marriage and home.

Tragically, Ian's battle took a devastating turn, highlighting the pressing need for better responses to police officer suicides within the New Zealand Police Service.

The Ima Project is our unwavering response, a beacon of hope amid profound loss.

This issue extends beyond the NZ Police; it's a societal concern. Who will care for us if we neglect our police?

Often, it's women who seek help for their loved ones. The Ima Project empowers and assists women connected to police officers, whether mothers, widows, wives, or sisters – pillars of our society.

Your contribution to this campaign supports families like Susan and Ian's, providing:

🔵 Legal assistance for women after a suicide, navigating complex coroner investigations.

🔵 Comprehensive understanding of PTSD's effects on households for coroners.

🔵 Legal aid for those seeking ACC support for PTSD.

🔵 Employment law support for police officers facing investigations and career transitions.

Join us. Stand with us. Illuminate hope through The Ema Project. Together, we make a difference. 💙 #EmaProject #SupportOurPolice

About us

We help New Zealand police officers and their families when someone gets hurt on the job—especially with mental injuries like PTSD.

Our work focuses on trauma, stress, and the long-term impacts of police service. We also help officers who have physical injuries.

We use laws like the Health and Safety at Work Act, Privacy Act, Accident Compensation Act, and the Employment Relations Act to protect their rights. This means we can guide injured police through the system—making sure they get the help and respect they deserve.

We are fully independent. We don’t get any money from the government. That means we can speak up, tell the truth, and stand by police families when others won’t.

We’re also a DPO—Disabled People’s Organisation—and follow the UN rules (called the UNCRPD) to make sure no one is left out, ignored, or treated unfairly.

Our goal is clear: no more police suicides. Ever.

Use of funds

Funds will primarily support legal aid for families securing ACC PTSD diagnoses, aiding in coroner cases, and providing employment law assistance.

Latest donations

Private Donor on 03 Nov 2024

I hope other people's soul-destroying choices, don't change your choice to care and serve us, our children, our most vulnerable. ❤️ It's OK to ask for help, when and wherever your adventure takes you. The only surviving parent of four and grandparent of four more. Cancer and accident having parted these children from two loved Kiwi men. Please stick around, and may traumas slip away until you have the right space and support and internal kit to dust them off. May your choices shield you, and your shield enable you to enjoy family, friends, living life. And our communities again.

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