Supporting the Feminoteka Foundation at Bē | dōTERRA Europe Convention 2026

<<1>> - Feminoteka is focusing
on supporting women

<<3>> who experience gender-based violence,

<<6>> mainly sexual violence,

<<8>> but also domestic violence.

<<10>> - Currently, six women live here

<<12>> with five children,
three dogs and four cats.

<<15>> We are the only place of its kind

<<18>> in the whole of Poland

<<19>> that takes in women with pets.

<<23>> - We create a safe space for women

<<26>> so they can share their very hard,

<<29>> sometimes traumatic experience.

<<31>> And they can find here peace,

<<34>> they can find support,

<<35>> they can find trust,

<<36>> which very often they
can't find in society.

<<41>> So in 2025, we received
almost 2000 calls,

<<45>> mostly from women who
experienced violence,

<<48>> but also from witnesses of violence.

<<51>> Those women who are calling us

<<52>> are not only Polish,

<<54>> but also migrants and refugees,

<<56>> mostly from Ukraine.

<<57>> We are renting this
building from the city.

<<61>> It was very messy
when we received it.

<<64>> - Hi, this is the place we
want to renovate, come in.

<<68>> We don't know what's
underneath the floor.

<<70>> The roof also needs
a huge renovation,

<<74>> so we need a professional

<<76>> and experienced crew to
take on that challenge.

<<81>> And the plan is to have it ready

<<84>> for women with newborns.

<<87>> You know, it's a special
moment in time,

<<90>> and also it's a time when women

<<92>> that experience violence
are very vulnerable.

<<95>> - Without Feminoteka's
shelter, they may face

<<98>> any kind of danger,
which is connected

<<101>> to being a homeless person,

<<104>> like violence, abuse.

<<106>> - Feminoteka welcomed me very well here,
and gave me everything I needed.

<<111>> I feel like I simply have my
own place, that no one can tell me:

<<119>> "Leave”, as the man
I lived with used to tell me.

<<123>> Here I feel like I’m standing
firmly on my own two feet.

<<128>> There are mothers who are afraid
to take that step and leave,

<<133>> because they have no money, and how will
they manage with a child, how will they get a job,

<<136>> how will they handle everything?

<<138>> That’s exactly what I was afraid of.

<<141>> It would be good if they knew
that there are shelters like this,

<<145>> that there is a place to go,
so that they wouldn't be afraid.

<<151>> - We run trainings,

<<153>> for example, like yoga sessions,

<<155>> yoga after trauma, and Wen-Do,

<<157>> to improve their healing process

<<159>> and also to work with their feelings

<<163>> of self-assurance.

<<164>> And Wen-Do is feminist
self-defense techniques.

<<168>> It's working with assertiveness,

<<171>> setting our boundaries.

<<173>> With the support of dōTERRA,

<<174>> we don't have to be in the kind

<<177>> of situation like we were last month,

<<179>> that we had to refuse two women

<<181>> who wanted to stay in our shelter

<<183>> because we didn't have
the rooms for them.

<<188>> Together we
can help more women

<<191>> in need who experience violence.