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A fresh start in Yonkers: help the Shevchenko family resettle
Help a family of 6 start their new life in Yonkers: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.
🇺🇸 Yonkers, New York, United States3,629 views
My family left Ukraine 8 months ago after the war reached our town. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Yonkers. We're a family of seven 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 nurse in Ukraine, 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 Yonkers Refugee Support Network, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf.
Where the $4,450 goes:
• Rent deposit and first month: $2,750
• Language classes and bus passes: $520
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $1,180
Thank you for reading my story.
- Parker
Updates from Parker
Wanted to say thank you properly. 55% funded and I made the first payment toward rent deposit and first month.
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Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Yonkers.
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Liverpool!
Stay strong. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Yonkers.
Sending good thoughts. I hope things turn around soon. My neighbor in Dehiwala donated after I showed her your page
Hope this works out for you. Sent it to 38 people at work. God bless.