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A fresh start in Lafayette: help the Karimi family resettle

The Karimi family are rebuilding in Lafayette after leaving Ethiopia; your gift pays for housing basics.

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Stephanie R. Chen
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Lafayette
My family left Ethiopia 7 months ago after the war reached our town. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Lafayette. 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 a shopkeeper in Ethiopia, 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 Lafayette Welcome Table charity, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf. Where the $4,900 goes: • Rent deposit and first month: $2,000 • Beds, table and basic furniture: $1,450 • Winter clothing and school supplies: $630 • Language classes and bus passes: $680 • Phone and internet for school and job search: $140 Glad we found this place. - Stephanie
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Updates from Stephanie

  1. Quick update: $2,523 raised so far (51%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 28% now ($1,349). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 16% now ($760). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for phone and internet for school and job search is now scheduled.

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    “Take care of yourselves. From Johannesburg with love. - Johannesburg”

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    “Hope the October deadline works out. - Durgapur”

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    “Stay strong. - Latina”

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  • Bruno Santiago Salazar

    Praying for you, Stephanie. Hope you get there. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Lafayette.

    • Upendo Rose Simiyu

      keep going. Looking forward to the next update. My husband and I read this together. Blessings.

      • Carol H. HallPhoto verified

        Wishing you the best, Stephanie. It takes guts to ask. Well done

        $4,578.50 raised of $4,900

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