Success Stories

The Community of Hope is a new giving opportunity for donors to enable Center for Survivors of Torture (CST) to provide free comprehensive mental health counseling and related services for torture survivors living in our community. With your tax-deductible gift of...

With overwhelming gratitude, Center for Survivors of Torture (CST) extends a huge thank you for your support in reaching our mutual goal to be the recipient of The Meadows Foundation Matching Grant. With your donations, $50,000 was raised, which was then matched by...

Dear CST supporters, In many ways, 2013 is going to be a record year for Center for Survivors of Torture. We have been able to expand our mental health services to more refugees suffering from anxiety, depression, and adjustment disorder. We welcomed our new clinical...

The Meadows Foundation of Dallas, Texas has awarded a grant of $100,000 to Center for Survivors of Torture and will match $1:$1 for funds that we are able to raise up to $50,000, between February 6 and October 31, 2013. This means every dollar that you donate to help...

"Certainly, for the refugees attaining their US citizenship at the ceremony and for the numerous other refugees who have been here awhile or who aspire to become citizens, the World Refugee Day celebration at the Texas History Museum has a profound personal...

Make sure to check out our Matching Campaign from The Meadows Foundation coverage from the Dallas Morning News HERE and our involvement with World Refugee Day in the Austin American Statesman HERE.

Dear CST supporters, Every day, women, men, and children are tortured or ill-treated with the intention of destroying their sense of dignity and human worth. In too many countries, people’s legitimate demands for freedom and human rights are met with brutal...

Join CST Executive Director, Celia VanDeGraaf and staff on May 1, 2013 for an open discussion regarding the provision of services to torture survivors at our “Brown Bag Learning Luncheon”. All providers who would like guidance in order to work with survivors are...

The Meadows Foundation of Dallas, Texas has awarded a grant of $100,000 to Center for Survivors of Torture and will match $1:$1 for funds that we are able to raise up to $50,000, between February 6 and October 31, 2013. This means every dollar that you donate to help...

The Donald D. Hammill Foundation in Austin, Texas has awarded $7,500 to Center for Survivors of Torture to assist disabled torture survivors. This grant will enable CST to provide services to a growing population in our community that would otherwise face limited...