(Because of the complex case my face is covered for my safety)

Hello good people,

I am R`(fake name), I am 23 years old, and the mother of a lovely 1.5 year old baby.

I grew up as a child of divorced parents, with no significant father figure in my life.

At the age of 20 I met a man from whom my baby was born.

After a very short period of time, when I was already pregnant, I discovered that I had fallen in love with the wrong man.

I found myself exposed to the most severe violence in which my ex-partner threatens me while holding a knife in his hand, curses, screams at me and hits me while I am in advanced pregnancy, and while risking the fetus in an abortion.

I have reached an immediate life-threatening situation

After the birth, the intensity of the violent incidents got even worse, and I found myself with a small newborn baby in my arms, when while I was feeding him, the ex-partner ran amok in the house, throwing objects and threatening to murder me and everyone around me, when the baby was exposed to this shocking violence, and I tried to protect him with my body.

It\\\\\\\\\'s hard for me to describe to you the intensity of my feelings, I felt so helpless with no real ability to protect me and my newborn son.

At this point the realization began to dawn on me that if I will not get up and run away from him, my son and I would be the next murder case in the news.

As soon as I realized this, I got up that day and ran away with my baby to a shelter for battered women. From the shelter I filed a complaint with the police against my ex-partner and he was found guilty and sent to prison.

While I filed the complaint, I found out that he had already been imprisoned in the past for severe violence against a minor girl, and that he had additional convictions for the use of hard drugs and property crimes.

I have no words to describe the intensity of astonishment I experienced when I found out what a dangerous and violent criminal I was involved with.

I\\\\\\\\\'m coping. It\\\\\\\\\'s not easy for me. But I chose to fight, stand up and give my son the best life he deserves, dedicate myself to raising him, and build a secure  future for myself as a young woman.

I am now facing the criminal who harmed me in court in a long and complex legal process, in order to protect my life and the life of my son, this requires me to spend huge financial expenses on lawyers and the legal process.

I have no financial backing, no one supports me, and the legal battle that imposed on me along with all the expenses involved, does not allow me to stand on my feet and rebuild my life and my son\\\\\\\\\'s life.

I am contacting you because I need help!!

I work and study and make every effort to survive, but I am unable to finance the huge sums of money that are required of me

Any help and assistance from you will be a real lifesaver for me!

Thank you very much!