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A fresh start in Toronto: help the Hashemi family resettle
After fleeing Afghanistan, the Hashemi family has arrived in Toronto with little more than their documents. They need help with a deposit, furniture and the first months.
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My family left Afghanistan 9 months ago after the conflict closed our school and clinic. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Toronto. We're a family of four and we're safe, but we arrived with very little.
Our resettlement agency has provided 4 months of rent, and that support ends in December.
I was a farmer 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.
All purchases will be documented and photos shared (with the family's consent).
Where the $3,950 goes:
• Rent deposit and first month: $1,900
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $760
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $410
• Language classes and bus passes: $550
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $330
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Updates from Ping
We're at 15% thanks to 14 of you. I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
- Denise S. Freeman 🇬🇧 · $1,000
- Frida Jakobsson 🇸🇪 · $200
“Keep your head up. Gave what I could this week. - Malmö”
- Christopher Barker 🇨🇦 · $200
- Nirali J. Chheda 🇮🇳 · $100
“Rooting for you. Hope you get the rest soon. - Howrah”
- Elijah Mitchell 🇺🇸 · $100
“Hope this helps. - Minneapolis”
- Soledad Urbina 🇪🇸 · $100
- Meseret Bethlehem Bekele 🇪🇹 · $100
“Hope things get better. Thought of Ping all day after reading this. - Adama”
- Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $75
- Heather L. Welch 🇬🇧 · $68
- Sara Hellström 🇸🇪 · $50
- Ngozika Ronke Zakari 🇳🇬 · $50
“You got this. Thought of Ping all day after reading this. - Lagos”
- Divya N. Krishnamurthy 🇮🇳 · $50
- Aditi D. Awasthi 🇬🇧 · $50
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $50
- Renata R. Lozano 🇺🇸 · $43
- Hiếu Công Vu 🇻🇳 · $41
- Daniel Okechukwu Yakubu 🇳🇬 · $30
- Esther Massawe 🇺🇬 · $30
- Robert S. Wilkins 🇨🇦 · $25
- Hitomi Taniguchi 🇯🇵 · $25
“Every little bit. Small amount but sent with love. - Setagaya”
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You're not alone, Ping. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 18 years in construction I know how hard it's to ask for anything
Sending good thoughts, Ping. Hope this works out for you. Take care
Rooting for you, Ping. This could happen to any of us. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like
Take care, Ping. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Take care.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Ping
It's all in the list in the story. rent deposit and first month is the big one at $1,900, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Let me know if you want more detail.
wishing you the best, Ping. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.
Hang in there, Ping. This could happen to any of us. I'll check back for the next update. Take care.
Rooting for you, Ping. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I'll check back for the next update. Love from Salé
Keep going. I hope things turn around soon. Thinking of Toronto.
This could happen to any of us. Love from Miami.
Sending strength, Ping. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.