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A fresh start in Bakersfield: help the Nguyen family resettle
Help a family of 5 start their new life in Bakersfield: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.
🇺🇸 United States1,904 views
My family left Afghanistan 8 months ago after the war reached our town. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Bakersfield. We're a family of seven and we're safe, but we arrived with very little.
Our resettlement agency has provided 4 months of rent, and that support ends in November.
I was a mechanic in Afghanistan, 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.
All purchases will be documented and photos shared (with the family's consent).
Where the $2,750 goes:
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $310
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $1,150
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $220
• Rent deposit and first month: $1,070
Glad we found this place.
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Thinking of you. Shared this with my family. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Bakersfield.
Hope things get better soon, Antonio. I hope things turn around soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Blessings.
shared it with a few friends. Love from Çankaya.
Keep going, Antonio. Looking forward to the next update