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A fresh start in Istanbul: help the Hashemi family resettle
After fleeing Venezuela, the Hashemi family has arrived in Istanbul with little more than their documents. They need help with a deposit, furniture and the first months.
🇹🇷 Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye660 views
My family left Venezuela 8 months ago after we were targeted for our work. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Istanbul. 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 October.
I was an electrician 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.
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 $700 goes:
• Rent deposit and first month: $450
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $145
• Language classes and bus passes: $105
Glad we found this place.
Updates from Kemal
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- Héctor M. González 🇲🇽 · $25
- Anonymous 🇷🇺 · $100
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $10
“Good luck. Please keep us posted. - Liverpool”
- Lorena Fabiana Cunha 🇧🇷 · $25
“Hope it all works out. Hope the October deadline works out. - Rio de Janeiro”
- Josephine Henry 🇳🇿 · $20
“All the best! - Auckland”
- Ginevra Laura Fiore 🇮🇹 · $20
“God bless! - Bologna”
- Lei Zhen Zou 🇨🇦 · $25
- Denise F. Mitchell 🇦🇺 · $25
“Take care of yourselves - Brisbane”
- Anonymous 🇳🇵 · $10
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Hope this works out for you. Sent it to 8 people at work. Love from Jessore
Sending good thoughts. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My husband and I read this together. Love from Christchurch.
Best of luck, Kemal. Looking forward to the next update. I hope October is when things finally get easier.