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A fresh start in Dhaka: help the Yusuf family resettle
After fleeing Venezuela, the Yusuf family has arrived in Dhaka with little more than their documents. They need help with a deposit, furniture and the first months.
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh1,469 views
My family left Venezuela 8 months ago after the conflict closed our school and clinic. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Dhaka. We're a family of five 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 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.
All purchases will be documented and photos shared (with the family's consent).
Where the $600 goes:
• Rent deposit and first month: $260
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $145
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $95
• Language classes and bus passes: $70
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $30
Every share and every dollar helps.
Updates from Rafiq
Wanted to say thank you properly. 112% funded and we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
Small update. $595 so far, I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts.
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Hope it all works out, Rafiq. Hope you get there. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Take care.
Hope it all works out, Rafiq. This could happen to any of us. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend