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A fresh start in Dallas: help the Tesfaye family resettle
Help a family of 7 start their new life in Dallas: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.
🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States1,636 views
My family left the Democratic Republic of Congo 10 months ago after we could no longer live safely. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Dallas. 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 July.
I was a pharmacist in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 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 $2,950 goes:
• Language classes and bus passes: $450
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $430
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $600
• Rent deposit and first month: $1,470
Thank you for reading my story.
- Brian
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hope things get better soon, Brian. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes
Sending good thoughts. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Take care!
Stay strong, Brian. Hope this works out for you. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings
Praying for you, Brian. Looking forward to the next update.
wishing you peace, Brian. Looking forward to the next update. Please keep us posted.