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A fresh start in Erie: help the Yusuf family resettle
The Yusuf family are rebuilding in Erie after leaving Yemen; your gift pays for housing basics.
🇺🇸 Erie, Pennsylvania, United States2,872 views
My family left Yemen 10 months ago after we could no longer live safely. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Erie. We're a family of five and we're safe, but we arrived with very little.
Our resettlement agency has provided 2 months of rent, and that support ends in April.
I was a teacher in Yemen, 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 $3,800 goes:
• Rent deposit and first month: $1,650
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $800
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $810
• Language classes and bus passes: $350
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $190
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Courtney
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Rooting for you, Courtney. Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.
rooting for you, Courtney. Your post was clear and honest. God bless
Thinking of you, Courtney. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care
best of luck, Courtney. This could happen to any of us. God bless.
Keep going, Courtney. Hope you get there. I hope April is when things finally get easier. All the best
take care, Courtney. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Blessings.