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A fresh start in Poitiers: help the Hosseini family resettle
Help a family of 7 start their new life in Poitiers: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.
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My family left Eritrea 9 months ago after our home was destroyed. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Poitiers. We're a family of six and we're safe, but we arrived with very little.
Our resettlement agency has provided 2 months of rent, and that support ends in April.
I was a shopkeeper in Eritrea, 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 a local church-run settlement group, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf.
Where the $2,850 goes:
• Rent deposit and first month: $1,200
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $810
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $520
• Language classes and bus passes: $195
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $125
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Solène
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Praying for you, Solène. Hope you get there. It's not much but it's yours.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it!