A fresh start in London: help the Okonkwo family resettle
After fleeing Yemen, the Okonkwo family has arrived in London with little more than their documents. They need help with a deposit, furniture and the first months.
Updates from Marcus
Small update. $1,329 so far, the plan for winter clothing and school supplies is now scheduled.
We're at 22% thanks to 25 of you. I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
Update from London: I made the first payment toward rent deposit and first month. We're at 10% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $30
“Hope this helps. Hope the June deadline works out. - Çankaya”
- Milena Olga Borisov 🇺🇦 · $500
- Anand R. Tandon 🇮🇳 · $50
“Hope the June deadline works out. - Salem”
- Ximena E. Velasco 🇨🇴 · $25
“You got this. Small amount but sent with love. - Barranquilla”
- Omar Emon Saha 🇮🇳 · $40
“Thinking of you. Been where you're, it gets better. - Thiruvananthapuram”
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $50
“Rooting for you. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Guarulhos”
- Sergio G. Ramos 🇲🇽 · $50
- Lanre Victor Eze 🇳🇬 · $100
- Zainab Haddad 🇪🇬 · $20
- Neil P. Santos 🇵🇭 · $5
- Camila Peixoto 🇧🇷 · $25
“Hope things get better. I'm in Salvador, thinking of you. - Salvador”
- Sadie C. Rhodes 🇺🇸 · $10
- Nadia Rasha Haddad 🇲🇦 · $50
“Stay strong. I'm in Casablanca, thinking of you. - Casablanca”
- Hailey G. George 🇺🇸 · $25
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $5
- Payal L. Gurjar 🇮🇳 · $25
- Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $5
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $100
“Blessings. My sister told me about this one. - Bandung”
- Amaka Oluwaseun Afolabi 🇳🇬 · $25
- Petra Herrmann 🇩🇪 · $100
“Good luck. Thought of Marcus all day after reading this. - Wiesbaden”
Reviews
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- Made a real difference
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- Reliable and compassionate
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- Would recommend to anyone
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Thinking of you and your family, Marcus. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Put this on a community board in Yonkers this morning. Love from Yonkers!
keep going. This could happen to any of us. I have a 7 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of London.
Good luck. Your post was clear and honest. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from Lahore
Looking forward to the next update. Love from Mapo.
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.