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A fresh start in Venice: help the Okonkwo family resettle
After fleeing Yemen, the Okonkwo family has arrived in Venice with little more than their documents. They need help with a deposit, furniture and the first months.
🇮🇹 Venice, Veneto, Italy4,708 views
My family left Yemen 11 months ago after the war reached our town. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Venice. We're a family of eight and we're safe, but we arrived with very little.
Our resettlement agency has provided 3 months of rent, and that support ends in July.
I was a pharmacist in Yemen, 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 $3,300 goes:
• Rent deposit and first month: $1,550
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $1,050
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $290
• Language classes and bus passes: $230
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $180
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
Updates from Lucia
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- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $500
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $500
“Thought of Lucia all day after reading this. - Jakarta”
- Anonymous 🇪🇸 · $250
- Maricel W. Valdez 🇵🇭 · $200
“Hope things get better. From Dasmariñas with love. - Dasmariñas”
- Anonymous 🇦🇺 · $100
“Rooting for you. Hope you get the rest soon. - Perth”
- Luciana Bruna Fonseca 🇧🇷 · $100
- Katerina Natalia Kalogeropoulos 🇬🇷 · $75
“Hope things get better. My cousin told me about this one. - Piraeus”
- Makoto Kenji Harada 🇯🇵 · $75
- Cláudio Renato Leite 🇧🇷 · $75
- Vivian N. Green 🇦🇺 · $75
“All the best. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Melbourne”
- Anonymous 🇩🇪 · $68.50
- Lucky H. Pretorius 🇿🇦 · $67
- Bennett N. Wood 🇬🇧 · $62
- Jocelyn N. Macaraeg 🇵🇭 · $55
- Thomas Sébastien Dumont 🇫🇷 · $52
- Ingrid Jacobs 🇳🇱 · $50
- Muthoni Musyoka 🇹🇿 · $50
- Abril S. Hernández 🇨🇴 · $50
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $50
- Kinsley L. Turner 🇺🇸 · $50
“Take care of yourselves. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Fort Worth”
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Hope it all works out, Lucia. Looking forward to the next update. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
your post was clear and honest. We're a small family in Los Angeles but we're thinking of you. All the best.