A fresh start in Bahir Dar: help the Abdi family resettle

My family left Iraq 5 months ago after the conflict closed our school and clinic. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Bahir Dar. We're a family of six and we're safe, but we arrived with very little. Our resettlement agency has provided 2 months of rent, and that support ends in July. I was an engineer in Iraq, 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 $350 goes: • Language classes and bus passes: $55 • Phone and internet for school and job search: $20 • Rent deposit and first month: $275 Thanks for being kind about this.