Resettlement support for 8 people arriving in Calgary

My family left Afghanistan 14 months ago after we were targeted for our work. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Calgary. We're a family of five and we're safe, but we arrived with very little. Our resettlement agency has provided 3 months of rent, and that support ends in October. I was a shopkeeper 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 $1,900 goes: • Language classes and bus passes: $530 • Beds, table and basic furniture: $680 • Winter clothing and school supplies: $690 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Elise