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A fresh start in Edinburgh: help the Shevchenko family resettle

The Shevchenko family are rebuilding in Edinburgh after leaving Eritrea; your gift pays for housing basics.

🇬🇧 EH1 4DZ, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom1,412 views
Dennis Wagner
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Edinburgh
My family left Eritrea 8 months ago after the war reached our town. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Edinburgh. We're a family of four and we're safe, but we arrived with very little. Our resettlement agency has provided 3 months of rent, and that support ends in November. I was an engineer in Eritrea, 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 Edinburgh Refugee Support Network, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf. Where the $3,600 goes: • Beds, table and basic furniture: $1,250 • Language classes and bus passes: $480 • Rent deposit and first month: $1,800 • Phone and internet for school and job search: $70 If you're reading this, thank you.
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Updates from Dennis

  1. Small update. $529 so far, I made the first payment toward phone and internet for school and job search.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 4% now ($134). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward beds, table and basic furniture.

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    “Rooting for you. Thought of Dennis all day after reading this. - Madrid”

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    “Thinking of you. Shared with friends too. - Jabalpur”

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    “Wish I could do more. Thought of Dennis all day after reading this. - Södertälje”

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  • Macharia Hamisi Mwende

    Hang in there, Dennis. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.

    • Hadley G. Richardson

      hope it all works out, Dennis. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.

      • Emily RhodesAddress verified

        Stay strong. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Edinburgh.

        • Julieta F. Macías

          wishing you peace, Dennis. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

          • Sapna C. NandaPhoto verified

            sending good thoughts, Dennis. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.

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