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A fresh start in Likoni: help the Abdi family resettle
The Abdi family are rebuilding in Likoni after leaving Ethiopia; your gift pays for housing basics.
🇰🇪 Likoni, Mombasa, Kenya1,844 views
My family left Ethiopia 8 months ago after the war reached our town. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Likoni. 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 November.
I was an engineer 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.
All purchases will be documented and photos shared (with the family's consent).
Where the $500 goes:
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $90
• Language classes and bus passes: $80
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $50
• Rent deposit and first month: $280
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
Updates from Kioko
Quick update: $51 raised so far (10%). I made the first payment toward language classes and bus passes. Receipts coming as soon as I have them. - Kioko
- Modupe Peace Nwosu 🇳🇬 · $41
“Take care of yourselves. Thought of Kioko all day after reading this.”
- Nalini T. Petersen 🇿🇦 · $15
- Radha K. Singh 🇮🇳 · $10
- Aikaterini Vasiliki Alexiou 🇬🇷 · $5
“Wishing you the best. I'm in Patras, thinking of you.”
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Wishing you peace, Kioko. Your post was clear and honest. Wish I lived closer to Udaipur so I could bring a meal.
Sending good thoughts, Kioko. This could happen to any of us. My husband and I read this together. All the best
Wishing you the best. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I have a 8 year old who wants to send good wishes too
Hope things get better soon, Kioko. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Likoni
best of luck, Kioko. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected