Escaping a toxic situation
For Mere and her son Rewi Monte Cecilia has been an escape from a toxic marriage, cruel and degrading treatment and overcrowded living conditions.
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Stories
Finding a healthy place for her children
When Lucy came to Auckland from Kerikeri, she found herself in a damp moldy boarding house with three children and a fourth on the way.
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Moving to a brighter future
When Harriet* received a phone call from Monte Cecilia offering her a transitional home she was overjoyed. This was the fresh start she had told her social worker she wanted for herself and her tamariki.
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Reaching out to a familiar helping hand
2020 was a year of unique challenges for many New Zealanders, but for Sefina it meant unemployment, relationship breakdown and being forced her to move her family in with her grandparents.
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Providing a home to return to
The first COVID lockdown was hard for most New Zealanders, but it was doubly hard for Sarah when she lost her home in the middle of it.
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Escaping violence
Grace* and her son were referred to Monte Cecilia from another organisation seeking support to leave a relationship where she was suffering from domestic violence.
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Paying it forward
When Georgina walked into a Monte Cecilia office in 2008, she didn’t expect moving into Monte housing would be the first step in discovering her own passion for supporting other families.
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Perfect Family Outcome
Chelsea*, Elliot* and their three children were living with Chelsea’s sister and partner in a two bedroom minor dwelling that was rundown and incredibly small.
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Cockroach infested motel
Before moving into a Monte house, I was living at my parents’ house with my twin boys and nephew that’s in my care. We were in one-bedroom, overcrowded...
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