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A fresh start in Duluth: help the Tesfaye family resettle

Help a family of 8 start their new life in Duluth: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.

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Julieta W. Cortés
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Duluth
My family left Myanmar 8 months ago after we could no longer live safely. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Duluth. 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 January. I was a shopkeeper in Myanmar, 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 $2,400 goes: • Language classes and bus passes: $300 • Rent deposit and first month: $1,250 • Phone and internet for school and job search: $250 • Winter clothing and school supplies: $600 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
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Updates from Julieta

  1. 48% there. I made the first payment toward rent deposit and first month. Thank you.

  2. We're at 41% thanks to 23 of you. we've started the first stage. More news soon.

  3. Update from Duluth: I made the first payment toward phone and internet for school and job search. We're at 17% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “Wishing you the best. Thought of Julieta all day after reading this. - Dundee”

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  • Jagadish Chettiar

    You're not alone. Looking forward to the next update. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless

    • Imran Omar Sikder

      Hope it all works out, Julieta. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money

      • Isaac Lucky Musa

        it takes guts to ask. Well done. Sent it to 5 people at work. All the best

        • Stijn Sven Bos

          keep going, Julieta. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

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