VILLE PLATTE ROTARY CLUB MEETING

JUNE 24, 2014

   The Rotary Club of Ville Platte today (Tuesday) heard  from Marie Guidry, outreach coordinator with Faith House. Guidry gave a number of statistics dealing with domestic violence: every nine seconds a woman is battered in the United States; over 95% of batterers are men; one out of three women will experience domestic violence; one of every  three high school girls are currently in an abusive relationship and Louisiana ranks second in the number of homicides from domestic abuse relationships. She reported that some of the reasons why women remain in an abusive relationship: shame, guilt and fear. Faith House is based in Lafayette with an out- patient facility here in Ville Platte. The local Faith House unit helps about 100 women a year.