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A fresh start in Los Angeles: help the Karimi family resettle

Help a family of 4 start their new life in Los Angeles: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.

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Maya T. Rogers
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Los Angeles
My family left Ukraine 13 months ago after the conflict closed our school and clinic. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Los Angeles. We're a family of five and we're safe, but we arrived with very little. Our resettlement agency has provided 3 months of rent, and that support ends in September. I was a farmer in Ukraine, 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 $2,800 goes: • Beds, table and basic furniture: $1,250 • Winter clothing and school supplies: $770 • Language classes and bus passes: $620 • Phone and internet for school and job search: $160 Thanks for being kind about this. - Maya
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Updates from Maya

  1. Thank you all. We're at 80% now ($2,247). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 54% now ($1,524). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts.

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($674 in total) I made the first payment toward beds, table and basic furniture. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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RecentTop gifts
  • Geneviève Solène Breton 🇫🇷 · $500

    “Hope the September deadline works out. - Reims”

  • Yogesh K. Ramachandran 🇮🇳 · $250
  • Sade Comfort Kalu 🇳🇬 · $250
  • Sultana Parvin Sheikh 🇮🇳 · $200
  • Ravi W. Panwar 🇮🇳 · $100

    “Good luck. From Indore with love.”

  • Nevaeh S. Kendrick 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Rohan D. Tandon 🇮🇳 · $100

    “Take care of yourselves. Thought of Maya all day after reading this. - Nagpur”

  • Stéphane Remy 🇫🇷 · $100

    “Thinking of you. My mother told me about this one. - Nice”

  • Burcu Melek Şimşek 🇹🇷 · $75

    “Every little bit. From Gaziantep with love. - Gaziantep”

  • Paloma N. Valdez 🇪🇸 · $69
  • Emery Prescott 🇺🇸 · $51
  • Hùng Hoàng Quach 🇻🇳 · $50

    “Rooting for you. Thought of Maya all day after reading this. - Cầu Giấy”

  • Zainab Dalia Mourad 🇪🇬 · $50
  • Quentin Nathan Fleury 🇲🇦 · $50

    “Wish I could do more. Saw your post and had to give. - Tangier”

  • Gabriel J. Reyes 🇺🇸 · $50

    “Be well. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Scranton”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Hideo Jiro Maeda 🇯🇵 · $50
  • Luna Austin 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $50
  • Avery S. Fernandez 🇺🇸 · $50

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  • Yun Li Zhu

    Stay strong. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't give up. All the best.

    • Gustav ForsbergID verified

      Wishing you the best. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Nashik but we're thinking of you. Love from Nashik

      • Manikandan Warrier

        thanks for sharing this. I hope things turn around soon. Please keep us posted. All the best.

        • Oky Muhammad Halim

          Stay strong. Gave what I could, wish it was more. After 24 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Love from Takoradi.

          • Tejal Thakkar

            Thanks for sharing this, Maya. Your post was clear and honest. All the best

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