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A fresh start in San Jose: help the Rahimi family resettle
Help a family of 5 start their new life in San Jose: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.
🇺🇸 California, United States1,036 views
My family left Afghanistan 13 months ago after we could no longer live safely. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in San Jose. 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 October.
I was a pharmacist in Afghanistan, 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:
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $800
• Language classes and bus passes: $400
• Rent deposit and first month: $1,650
Thanks for reading all this.
- Sharon
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- Sebastian F. Simmons 🇬🇧 · $50
“Wishing you the best. Hope the October deadline works out. - Bristol”
- Anonymous 🇦🇺 · $10
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“Good luck. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Embakasi”
- Liya Lemlem Tilahun 🇪🇹 · $50
“Wish I could do more. Thought of Sharon all day after reading this. - Bahir Dar”
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Sending love, Sharon. Hope you get there. After 25 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of San Jose.
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Put this on a community board in Kasarani this morning. Take care.
Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of San Jose