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A fresh start in Lahore: help the Petrenko family resettle
Help a family of 7 start their new life in Lahore: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.
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My family left Afghanistan 10 months ago after we were targeted for our work. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Lahore. We're a family of four and we're safe, but we arrived with very little.
Our resettlement agency has provided 4 months of rent, and that support ends in January.
I was an engineer in Afghanistan, 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 Lahore Welcome Table charity, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf.
Where the $500 goes:
• Rent deposit and first month: $165
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $160
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $70
• Language classes and bus passes: $75
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $30
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Rukhsar
Updates from Rukhsar
Update from Lahore: the plan for rent deposit and first month is now scheduled. We're at 15% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
We're at 10% thanks to 1 of you. we've started the first stage. More news soon.
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best of luck, Rukhsar. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.
Hope things get better soon, Rukhsar. Your post was clear and honest. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from Nsukka
Sending strength, Rukhsar. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Blessings
Shared this with my family. I'll check back for the next update. Greetings from Cape Coast.
Sending strength, Rukhsar. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.
Sending love, Rukhsar. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes
Keep going, Rukhsar. Hope this works out for you. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.
Best of luck, Rukhsar. This could happen to any of us.
thanks for sharing this. Looking forward to the next update. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of Lahore.
Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Lahore.
Hope it all works out, Rukhsar. Looking forward to the next update. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Córdoba.
So sorry you're going through this, Rukhsar. Hope you get there. I hope January is when things finally get easier.