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A fresh start in Fort Worth: help the Shevchenko family resettle

The Shevchenko family are rebuilding in Fort Worth after leaving Yemen; your gift pays for housing basics.

🇺🇸 Fort Worth, Texas, United States3,001 views
Craig B. Duran
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Fort Worth
My family left Yemen 8 months ago after we were targeted for our work. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Fort Worth. 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 January. I was a nurse 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 the Fort Worth Welcome Table charity, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf. Where the $3,300 goes: • Rent deposit and first month: $1,800 • Beds, table and basic furniture: $670 • Winter clothing and school supplies: $400 • Language classes and bus passes: $280 • Phone and internet for school and job search: $150 Every share and every dollar helps.
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Updates from Craig

  1. Quick update: $1,336 raised so far (40%). I made the first payment toward phone and internet for school and job search. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Update from Fort Worth: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 19% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “Blessings. Thought of Craig all day after reading this. - Coimbatore”

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    “Take care of yourselves. Shared with friends too. - Sacramento”

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    “Please keep us posted. - Vitória da Conquista”

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    “Thought of Craig all day after reading this. - Wollongong”

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    “Praying for you. - Timișoara”

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  • Agnès Céline Giraud

    Keep going. Shared this with my family. I have a 12 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Love from London

    • Ronke Mercy Danjuma

      So sorry you're going through this. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Fort Worth!

      • Tiffany N. Boyd

        Sending good thoughts, Craig. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Put this on a community board in Mumbai this morning. Blessings

        • Rose M. Bautista

          Praying for you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Blessings!

          • Ssebuliba Kiprop Njoroge

            You're not alone, Craig. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My husband and I read this together. Love from Malang.

            $2,687 raised of $3,300

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