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Resettlement support for 5 people arriving in Bakersfield

Help a family of 3 start their new life in Bakersfield: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.

🇺🇸 Bakersfield, California, United States2,212 views
Christian F. Morales
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Bakersfield
My family left Iraq 13 months ago after the war reached our town. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Bakersfield. We're a family of eight and we're safe, but we arrived with very little. Our resettlement agency has provided 4 months of rent, and that support ends in October. I was a nurse 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 $3,450 goes: • Rent deposit and first month: $1,500 • Beds, table and basic furniture: $620 • Winter clothing and school supplies: $720 • Language classes and bus passes: $400 • Phone and internet for school and job search: $210 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
#refugees#resettlement#family

Updates from Christian

  1. Update from Bakersfield: we've started the first stage. We're at 25% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “Get well soon. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Onitsha”

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  • Ahmed Adel Zerrouki

    So sorry you're going through this. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.

    • Nhung Thủy Dang

      Hope things get better soon, Christian. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.

      • Carlos H. QuinteroPhoto verified

        thinking of you and your family. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

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