Since August 19 2003 we have opened a short- stay home. Battered women and children, deserted by their husbands and other relatives are given shelter temporarily after assessing their situation. Mean while, efforts are taken to summon their opposite parties and settle the issue, so that a congenial and tolerable atmosphere is created for them to go back. Old women abandoned by their children and sisters harassed by their brothers are also admitted, depending on the nature of the case.