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The Mukiza family are rebuilding in Chattanooga after leaving Venezuela; your gift pays for housing basics.

🇺🇸 Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States5,986 views
Nolan S. Coleman
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Chattanooga
My family left Venezuela 10 months ago after the war reached our town. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Chattanooga. We're a family of seven and we're safe, but we arrived with very little. Our resettlement agency has provided 2 months of rent, and that support ends in November. I was a farmer in Venezuela, 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 a local church-run settlement group, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf. Where the $4,600 goes: • Rent deposit and first month: $1,850 • Beds, table and basic furniture: $1,100 • Winter clothing and school supplies: $730 • Language classes and bus passes: $670 • Phone and internet for school and job search: $250 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.

Updates from Nolan

  1. Small update. $2,227 so far, I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,133 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  • Angela Wright 🇺🇸 · $250
  • Anonymous 🇦🇺 · $200
  • Adewale Ibrahim Bankole 🇳🇬 · $100

    “All the best. From Enugu with love. - Enugu”

  • Thomas Anton Seidel 🇩🇪 · $100
  • Valentina Beatriz Barros 🇧🇷 · $100
  • Min-ho Min-ho Jeon 🇰🇷 · $100

    “Stay strong. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Gangnam”

  • Étienne Gilles Marchand 🇫🇷 · $100

    “Good luck. I'm in Montpellier, thinking of you.”

  • Tareq Emon Sheikh 🇧🇩 · $100
  • Isaiah Gonzales 🇬🇧 · $100

    “God bless. Hope the November deadline works out. - Birmingham”

  • Reagan Reyes 🇬🇧 · $100
  • Nghĩa Hải Pham 🇻🇳 · $100
  • Matthew M. Caldwell 🇬🇧 · $100

    “Happy to help. Thought of Nolan all day after reading this. - Aberdeen”

  • Adam Nowakowski 🇵🇱 · $100
  • Mauricio W. Martínez 🇲🇽 · $100

    “Thought of Nolan all day after reading this. - Coyoacán”

  • Marcos D. Rivera 🇦🇷 · $78
  • Brian Karanja Githinji 🇹🇿 · $75
  • Anand N. Prabhu 🇮🇳 · $75
  • Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $73
  • Dominique Sylvie Leroux 🇫🇷 · $69
  • Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $61

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  • Hope things get better soon, Nolan. This could happen to any of us. Take care!

    • Praying for you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Chattanooga!

      • Sending love. Your post was clear and honest. I went through something like this 4 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless.

        • this could happen to any of us. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. God bless

          • Rooting for you. Hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Mendoza so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Chattanooga.

            • thanks for sharing this. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Chattanooga.

              • Stay strong. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Sent it to 8 people at work. Take care.

                • hope things get better soon, Nolan. Your post was clear and honest. After 17 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything. God bless.

                  • Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Love from Jeddah.

                    • Wishing you peace. This could happen to any of us. Sent it to 3 people at work. God bless.

                      • Efe Ifeoma OnyeamaAddress verified

                        Best of luck, Nolan. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. God bless

                        • Stay strong, Nolan. Hope this works out for you. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Take care

                          • wishing you the best. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Love from Sylhet

                            • Thanks for sharing this. Shared it with a few friends. Wish I lived closer to Üsküdar so I could bring a meal!

                              • Josiah CarlsonAddress verified

                                Stay strong, Nolan. Hope you get there!

                                • good luck. Shared this with my family. Love from Kathmandu.

                                  • Best of luck, Nolan. Gave what I could, wish it was more

                                    • wishing you the best. Shared this with my family. Take care

                                      • sending love, Nolan. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out.

                                        • Wishing you peace, Nolan. Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 11 years ago and strangers helped me out.

                                          • Hope this works out for you. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Pietermaritzburg.

                                            • Jack L. PowersID verified

                                              so sorry you're going through this, Nolan. Shared it with a few friends. Sent it to 13 people at work!

                                              • Take care. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Sent it to 27 people at work.

                                                • shared it with a few friends. After 7 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything. All the best

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