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A fresh start in Swansea: help the Petrenko family resettle
After fleeing Ethiopia, the Petrenko family has arrived in Swansea with little more than their documents. They need help with a deposit, furniture and the first months.
🇬🇧 Wales, United Kingdom1,880 views
My family left Ethiopia 6 months ago after the conflict closed our school and clinic. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Swansea. We're a family of eight and we're safe, but we arrived with very little.
Our resettlement agency has provided 2 months of rent, and that support ends in May.
I was a shopkeeper in Ethiopia, 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 the Swansea Welcome Table charity, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf.
Where the $2,600 goes:
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $900
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $220
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $220
• Rent deposit and first month: $1,260
Thanks for reading all this.
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It takes guts to ask. Well done. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Love from Uberlândia
Rooting for you, Julian. Looking forward to the next update. Blessings.
Sending good thoughts. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Take care.