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A fresh start in Augusta: help the Okonkwo family resettle
Help a family of 5 start their new life in Augusta: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.
🇺🇸 Augusta, Georgia, United States3,981 views
My family left Venezuela 13 months ago after the war reached our town. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Augusta. We're a family of five and we're safe, but we arrived with very little.
Our resettlement agency has provided 2 months of rent, and that support ends in November.
I was a pharmacist in Venezuela, and I'm studying the language every evening. Our daughter and son have started school and are doing well.
We want nothing more than to be self-sufficient. This fund will help us through the first six months.
Funds are managed by a local church-run settlement group, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf.
Where the $3,150 goes:
• Rent deposit and first month: $2,100
• Language classes and bus passes: $480
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $570
I hope life is good to you.
- Lauren
Updates from Lauren
We're at 39% thanks to 29 of you. I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,716 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Julien Arthur Paul 🇨🇦 · $10
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $50
“From my family to yours. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Ibadan”
- Carla W. Smith 🇿🇦 · $50
- Nadine Engel 🇩🇪 · $30
- Melanie P. Chambers 🇦🇺 · $20
“Blessings. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Melbourne”
- Jan Szymański 🇵🇱 · $250
- Miguel Diego Moraes 🇧🇷 · $50
- Valérie Le Roux 🇫🇷 · $5
- Amparo D. Medina 🇪🇸 · $75
- Nkechi Yewande Fashola 🇳🇬 · $50
- Zakaria Rami Fahmy 🇪🇸 · $100
- Adeline B. Wallace 🇺🇸 · $10
“From my family to yours. Please keep us posted. - Flint”
- Achieng Amani Kariuki 🇺🇬 · $100
- Ana W. Acosta 🇲🇽 · $20
“Thought of Lauren all day after reading this. - Ciudad de México”
- Ramón H. Maldonado 🇲🇽 · $26
- Jae-won Sang-hoon Seo 🇰🇷 · $76
- Radha D. Saxena 🇺🇸 · $50
- Usman Rashid Abbasi 🇵🇰 · $50
- Petro Shevchuk 🇺🇦 · $25
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everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Spokane.
Hope it all works out. Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Savar this morning. God bless.
Hang in there, Lauren. Your post was clear and honest. We're a small family in Houston but we're thinking of you.
thanks for sharing this. This could happen to any of us. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
Wishing you the best. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from Ciudad de México.