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Resettlement support for 7 people arriving in London

After fleeing Afghanistan, the Mukiza family has arrived in London with little more than their documents. They need help with a deposit, furniture and the first months.

🇨🇦 London, Ontario, Canada1,331 views
Josiane Claire Vasseur
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London
My family left Afghanistan 12 months ago after the conflict closed our school and clinic. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in London. We're a family of six and we're safe, but we arrived with very little. Our resettlement agency has provided 4 months of rent, and that support ends in November. I was an electrician 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. 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 $3,000 goes: • Rent deposit and first month: $1,650 • Winter clothing and school supplies: $780 • Language classes and bus passes: $360 • Phone and internet for school and job search: $210 I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support. - Josiane
#refugees#resettlement#family

Updates from Josiane

  1. Thank you all. We're at 7% now ($214). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for language classes and bus passes is now scheduled.

  2. Quick update: $401 raised so far (13%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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  • Dinda Kurniawan 🇮🇩 · $200

    “Good luck. My colleague told me about this one. - Jakarta Selatan”

  • Aarav C. Walia 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Wojciech Konrad Zawadzki 🇵🇱 · $100
  • Milon Rubel Parvez 🇮🇳 · $75
  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $74

    “Praying for you. Only $74 but hope it helps. - Leeds”

  • Marcos R. Espinoza 🇲🇽 · $50

    “God bless. Thought of Josiane all day after reading this. - Ciudad de México”

  • Githinji Collins Musyoka 🇹🇿 · $45
  • Ayanda P. Singh 🇿🇦 · $30

    “Wishing you the best. Thought of Josiane all day after reading this. - Sandton”

  • Kennedy H. Santos 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Kayode Emeka Daramola 🇳🇬 · $21
  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $20
  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $20
  • Nadeem Hussain 🇵🇰 · $18

    “Thought of Josiane all day after reading this. - Faisalabad”

  • Matthias Markus Jung 🇩🇪 · $12

    “Stay strong. I'm in Frankfurt, thinking of you. - Frankfurt”

  • Zenaida A. Castro 🇵🇭 · $10
  • Hazel W. Legaspi 🇵🇭 · $10
  • Guadalupe F. Gutiérrez 🇦🇷 · $5

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  • Seo-yeon Noh

    Good luck. This could happen to any of us. Please keep us posted. All the best.

    • Neha K. Tripathi

      Good luck, Josiane. It takes guts to ask. Well done.

      • Nabirye Ruth Lubega

        I hope things turn around soon. Please keep us posted. Love from Naples

        • Eitan Guy Shapiro

          Thinking of you and your family, Josiane. Hope this works out for you. I went through something like this 10 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Belfast.

          • Carol D. Pierce

            Your post was clear and honest. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Manchester!

            • Lawrence F. Cohen

              Sending love, Josiane. Hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.

              $815 raised of $3,000

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