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A fresh start in Saint-Denis: help the Shevchenko family resettle
The Shevchenko family are rebuilding in Saint-Denis after leaving Sudan; your gift pays for housing basics.
🇫🇷 Île-de-France, France1,390 views
My family left Sudan 11 months ago after the war reached our town. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Saint-Denis. We're a family of four and we're safe, but we arrived with very little.
Our resettlement agency has provided 3 months of rent, and that support ends in April.
I was a shopkeeper in Sudan, 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 $2,100 goes:
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $490
• Language classes and bus passes: $380
• Rent deposit and first month: $1,230
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
Updates from Marc
Good news. Because of your gifts ($335 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Marc
- Gaurav J. Tripathi 🇮🇳 · $25
- Paulette H. Thompson 🇯🇲 · $25
- Omer Aslam 🇵🇰 · $20
- Divina G. Salazar 🇵🇭 · $37
- Lungile Reddy 🇿🇦 · $100
- Zahra Yanti Setiawan 🇮🇩 · $3
- Samuel Yared Teshome 🇪🇹 · $15
“Take care of yourselves - Bahir Dar”
- Mick O'Keeffe 🇮🇪 · $50
“Hope this covers a bit of it. - Cork”
- Lyudmila Kateryna Rudenko 🇷🇺 · $50
- Fatima Farah Naqvi 🇵🇰 · $10
“Thinking of you. Thought of Marc all day after reading this. - Faisalabad”
- Roman M. Sutton 🇺🇸 · $200
- Rania Zainab Mansour 🇪🇬 · $20
“Happy to help. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Shubra”
- Willem A. Jones 🇿🇦 · $50
- Caleb Rivera 🇺🇸 · $50
- Ayşe Esra Can 🇹🇷 · $5
- Raphaël Vidal 🇫🇷 · $30
- Manuela Borges 🇧🇷 · $10
“Take care of yourselves. My father told me about this one. - São Paulo”
- Florian Arthur Collet 🇫🇷 · $25
- Angelo F. Mabini 🇵🇭 · $15
“Thinking of you. Thought of Marc all day after reading this.”
- Herman Garcia 🇵🇭 · $50
“Hope this helps. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Calamba”
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Hope things get better soon. Shared this with my family. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless.
Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Bacolod this morning
How is Marc doing now?
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Mexicali!
Sending good thoughts. Your post was clear and honest. After 10 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Saint-Denis!
You're not alone. This could happen to any of us. I went through something like this 5 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Móstoles.
Hope it all works out, Marc. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My husband and I read this together. All the best.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Marc
Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. winter clothing and school supplies comes first ($490) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid. Fair thing to want to know.
Thinking of you and your family, Marc. Looking forward to the next update. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Saint-Denis.
You're not alone, Marc. Shared it with a few friends. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
Stay strong. Shared this with my family. Take care.
gave what I could, wish it was more. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you
Thanks for sharing this, Marc. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.
Rooting for you, Marc. Shared this with my family. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
shared it with a few friends. Wish I lived closer to Yekaterinburg so I could bring a meal. Blessings.
Wishing you the best. I hope things turn around soon. I hope April is when things finally get easier.
thanks for sharing this. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My husband and I read this together. All the best.
thinking of you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Zanzibar City but we're thinking of you.
Rooting for you, Marc. I hope things turn around soon. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home
So sorry you're going through this. It takes guts to ask. Well done. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
Wishing you the best, Marc. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Rajshahi