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A fresh start in Columbus: help the Hosseini family resettle

The Hosseini family are rebuilding in Columbus after leaving Venezuela; your gift pays for housing basics.

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Olivia W. Burton
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Columbus
My family left Venezuela 13 months ago after we were targeted for our work. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Columbus. We're a family of eight and we're safe, but we arrived with very little. Our resettlement agency has provided 2 months of rent, and that support ends in May. I was a nurse 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 the Columbus Welcome Table charity, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf. Where the $2,700 goes: • Rent deposit and first month: $2,000 • Language classes and bus passes: $450 • Phone and internet for school and job search: $250 I hope life is good to you.

Updates from Olivia

  1. 4% there. I made the first payment toward rent deposit and first month. Thank you.

  2. Update from Columbus: I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts. We're at 3% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  • Malin Sigrid Claesson 🇸🇪 · $50

    “Thought of Olivia all day after reading this. - Stockholm”

  • Habib Karim Islam 🇮🇳 · $40
  • Chantel T. Nel 🇿🇦 · $25
  • Rubina Nipa Majumder 🇧🇩 · $25
  • Derek P. Davis 🇺🇸 · $20

    “From my family to yours. My sister told me about this one. - Tampa”

  • Luke L. Griffin 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Rick Henk De Bruin 🇳🇱 · $10

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  • Hope things get better soon, Olivia. Hope you get there. All the best!

    • So sorry you're going through this, Olivia. Hope this works out for you. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Take care.

      • So sorry you're going through this. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Columbus

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