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A fresh start in Tacoma: help the Hashemi family resettle
The Hashemi family are rebuilding in Tacoma after leaving Iraq; your gift pays for housing basics.
🇺🇸 Tacoma, Washington, United States1,885 views
My family left Iraq 11 months ago after the conflict closed our school and clinic. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Tacoma. 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 October.
I was a farmer in Iraq, 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 $1,950 goes:
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $230
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $1,300
• Language classes and bus passes: $420
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Swati
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Hang in there, Swati. This could happen to any of us. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Greetings from Shinjuku
Hope things get better soon, Swati. Hope you get there. All the best.
hope things get better soon. Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Dar es Salaam this morning. Blessings